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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what did the American film-going public demand in regards to the subjects of films in the 1980s?

2. At the end of the 1950s, how many homes in America had a television set?

3. What British comedy troupe had a cinematic bright spot for their country's struggling film industry?

4. What was significant about the marketing tactics of the American film studios in the eighties?

5. What was the main focus in French cinema in the seventies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of the political issues that made their way into 1970s Hollywood?

2. In the 1970s, how did West Germany start to address their role in World War II?

3. Why was the French film industry nearly destroyed because of World War II?

4. What was the Third Cinema theater realism?

5. What regulations changed in 1960s Hollywood, as well as technical advances?

6. How did Germany's film industry attempt to recover from World War II?

7. How did television damage the film industry?

8. In what ways did Japanese cinema flourish in the fifties?

9. Why did Hollywood studios flourish in the 1980s?

10. How did the New Wave movement from France affect American movie trends in the 1970s?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did cinema both aid and depict the struggles for equal rights in America?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the different European film movements and effects on the industries of different countries.

Essay Topic 3

How did the French New Wave movement affect cinema in different countries and in different eras?

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