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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 had the greatest impact on the animation industry?
(a) Celluloid.
(b) Rotascope.
(c) Post-recorded music.
(d) Black and white film.

2. Where did McCay prefer to make appearances?
(a) Broadway musicals.
(b) Film sets.
(c) Poetry readings.
(d) Vaudeville.

3. According to those that did not believe that animation was real, what was McCay using to trick the audience?
(a) Ropes.
(b) Films.
(c) Wires.
(d) Actual animals.

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

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

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

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

8. In what year did McCay's first feature come out?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1914.

9. Which of the following adjectives describes Disney's early career?
(a) Rocky.
(b) Casual.
(c) Intense.
(d) Successful.

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

11. What did Fleischer tend to ignore?
(a) Background animation.
(b) Setting.
(c) Character development.
(d) Music and sound.

12. What did Fleischer patent?
(a) Camera.
(b) Rotoscope.
(c) Background template.
(d) Projector.

13. Which of the following films did Disney actually work on?
(a) Aladdin.
(b) Sleeping Beauty.
(c) Beauty and the Beast.
(d) Curious George.

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

15. Where did Disney begin working as an ad man?
(a) Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio.
(b) Oswald Studio.
(c) MGM Studio.
(d) Walt Disney Studio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was McCay's first feature?

2. Where was Emile Cohl from?

3. What was the number of workers that picketed Disney's studio while on strike?

4. Which of the following was the name of one of Fleischer's first features?

5. What seemed to always win for Disney?

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