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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, The Silent Era.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Bray fascinated by?
(a) Animation.
(b) Child psychology.
(c) Comic books.
(d) Writing.

2. What is considered the first animated cartoon?
(a) Gertie the Dinosaur.
(b) Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
(c) Humorous Phases of Funny Faces.
(d) Looney Tunes.

3. Which of the following describes McCay's first feature?
(a) No main character.
(b) No storyline.
(c) No frames per second.
(d) No personality.

4. Which film was convincing enough to suggest that McCay was not tricking anybody?
(a) Little Nemo.
(b) Finding Nemo.
(c) Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
(d) Gertie the Dinosaur.

5. What did McCay begin as?
(a) Librarian.
(b) Children's book illustrator.
(c) Military film maker.
(d) Newspaper cartoonist.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Gertie the Dinosaur released?

2. Who suspected that McCay was playing a trick on them?

3. McCay said that animation had unfortunately become what?

4. What is a nickname for celluloid?

5. Where was Emile Cohl from?

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