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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. Which of the following was not one of the most popular genres to emerge from Japan's film industry?

2. In the seventies, upon what did German cinema begin to reflect?

3. What was the focus of Russian documentaries after World War II, as ordered by Stalin?

4. During the social revolution of the sixties in America, how did Hollywood compensate for their budget cuts?

5. What country nearly wiped out the French film industry after World War II?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the New Wave movement in France?

4. Describe Britain's Golden Age.

5. What was the Third Cinema theater realism?

6. As the studios declined with the invention of the television, how did Americans' tastes in film subject begin to change?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did films meld both science and creativity together? In what ways was this the overall goal of the Film D'Art? What does this suggest about the technological advances in Hollywood throughout film's history?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How did the politics of the Third World countries try to prevent the film industries from growing? Discuss the difficulties and dangers the filmmakers would encounter, as well as the issues they had with marketing the film to an international audience.

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