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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best describes Disney's work ethic?
(a) He wanted money, not pleasure.
(b) He could not understand enthusiasm for work.
(c) He was a workaholic.
(d) He had little care for detail.

2. Which of the following is often considered to be the first true animated cartoon?
(a) Betty Boop.
(b) Gertie the Dinosaur.
(c) Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
(d) Little Nemo.

3. What is described as a series of cartoons put in order to trick the viewer that movement is occurring?
(a) Flip book.
(b) Rotascope.
(c) Storyline.
(d) Bray's invention.

4. Who suspected that McCay was playing a trick on them?
(a) Theater patrons.
(b) Directors.
(c) Producers.
(d) Critics.

5. Which of the following was Disney's first instant success?
(a) Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
(b) Fantasia.
(c) Mickey Mouse.
(d) The Lion King.

6. Which of the following was a fault of Fleischer's?
(a) Bad at doing business.
(b) Bad at being original rather than copying.
(c) Bad at creating characters.
(d) Bad at creating storylines.

7. At what point did Disney's work stop exploding?
(a) The Great Depression.
(b) World War II.
(c) His workers began rioting.
(d) World War I.

8. Which character did Max Fleischer create?
(a) Betty Boop.
(b) Mickey Mouse.
(c) Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
(d) Porky Pig.

9. What did Dave Fleischer annoy workers with?
(a) His desire to create voluptuous female characters.
(b) His desire to create only animal-like characters.
(c) His desire to create musicals.
(d) His desire for gags.

10. How many employees did Fleischer have in 1923?
(a) 0.
(b) 19.
(c) 26.
(d) 4.

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

12. What was the name of the feature Fleischer worked on with the American Museum of Natural History?
(a) Cavemen.
(b) Science.
(c) Dinosaurs.
(d) Evolution.

13. When was Betty Boop introduced?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1930.

14. Where was Fleischer from?
(a) Colombia.
(b) Bolivia.
(c) United Kingdom.
(d) Austria.

15. What was McCay's first feature?
(a) Finding Nemo.
(b) Tiny Nemo.
(c) Little Nemo.
(d) Looking for Nemo.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to McCay, what should animation be?

2. What did Fleischer miss out on?

3. In the early days of animation, how many drawings were required per minute?

4. In what year did McCay's first feature come out?

5. What was Bray fascinated by?

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