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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which part of Mintz's company was left without leadership?
(a) Distribution.
(b) Production.
(c) Marketing.
(d) Conception.

2. What did Terry and Van Beuren fight over?
(a) Distribution.
(b) Characters.
(c) Music.
(d) Settings.

3. When he went solo, what was the first character Iwerks created?
(a) Flick the Frog.
(b) Fellow the Frog.
(c) Flip the Frog.
(d) Felix the Frog.

4. Who won a court injunction against Van Beuren?
(a) Iwerks.
(b) Disney.
(c) MGM.
(d) Paramount.

5. Which character did Terry reclaim from Van Beuren?
(a) Farmer Al Falfa.
(b) Woody Woodpecker.
(c) Donald Duck.
(d) Mighty Mouse.

6. What caused Mintz's passion to wane?
(a) Sound.
(b) Color.
(c) Film type.
(d) Theater type.

7. Which of the following is a Warner Brothers feature?
(a) Silly Songs.
(b) Merrie Melodies.
(c) Simple Songs.
(d) Terry Tunes.

8. What animated character was Terry's biggest star?
(a) Betty Boop.
(b) Oswald.
(c) Mighty Mouse.
(d) Chilly Willy.

9. What was the name of Warner Brothers' duck character?
(a) Dorfy.
(b) Danny.
(c) Dupey.
(d) Daffy.

10. What was Iwerks' record for drawings completed in a day?
(a) 400.
(b) 700.
(c) 200.
(d) 1,000.

11. What did "Little Herman" spoof?
(a) A chef.
(b) A magician.
(c) A writer.
(d) A doctor.

12. Who did Mintz have a connection to?
(a) Paramount.
(b) Warner Bros.
(c) MGM.
(d) Columbia.

13. Who was Van Beuren's most successful character?
(a) Tom and Jerry.
(b) Betty Boop.
(c) Farmer Al Falfa.
(d) Felix.

14. In what year did Lantz begin to fight with Universal?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1960.

15. What did Dick Lundy want Lantz to do?
(a) Add music.
(b) Add personality to characters.
(c) Add dynamic settings.
(d) Add the "Disney touch."

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the court injunction against Van Beuren obtained?

2. When did Lantz close his studio?

3. Who did Lundy once work with?

4. Who is described as being "animation's forgotten man"?

5. What was Mintz's best cartoon?

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