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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Mintz's primary concern?
(a) Making money.
(b) Entertaining children.
(c) Entertaining adults.
(d) Creating art.

2. What was the name of the man heading Iwerks' animation department?
(a) Natwick.
(b) Norwich.
(c) Nathaniel.
(d) Nantucket.

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

4. In what year was "String Bean Jack" created?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1945.

5. What was the problem with Terry's characters?
(a) They were not animals.
(b) They were not memorable.
(c) They were not child-friendly.
(d) They were not funny.

6. What did Iwerks do best?
(a) Animation.
(b) Storylines.
(c) Character personality.
(d) Money managing.

7. What was Van Beurens major focus?
(a) Music.
(b) Animation.
(c) Character personality.
(d) Storyline.

8. When did Disney part with Iwerks?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1920s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1950s.

9. What was Paul Terry most interested in?
(a) Film distribution.
(b) Film production.
(c) Drawing cartoons.
(d) Creating stories.

10. How old was Mintz when he died?
(a) 57.
(b) 44.
(c) 51.
(d) 36.

11. What was Mintz's best cartoon?
(a) The Little Smiley Girl.
(b) The Little Crazy Girl.
(c) The Little Garden Girl.
(d) The Little Match Girl.

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

13. Who owned the rights to the three-color process?
(a) Fleischer.
(b) Disney.
(c) Mintz.
(d) Warner Bros.

14. When was the Aesop's Fable series dropped?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1934.

15. Who did Lantz work for in Los Angeles?
(a) Disney.
(b) MGM.
(c) Universal.
(d) Warner Brothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who approached Terry for a partnership?

2. Which of the following is not a Warner Brothers character?

3. What was Lantz's first animal success?

4. In what year did Lantz get a job as a cameraman?

5. During the 1930s, where did most animators want to be?

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