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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Red Seal Pictures formed?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1939.

2. Which of the following was a production that took a great deal of research for Fleischer?
(a) Strange New World.
(b) Moving Picture World.
(c) Creative Crazy World.
(d) Stalling the New World.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Originally, what animal made up part of Betty Boop?

2. Which of the following is not an early Disney feature?

3. What was Bray fascinated by?

4. Which of the following was a fault of Fleischer's?

5. What did Fleischer tend to ignore?

Short Essay Questions

1. What complications and struggles did McCay face?

2. Describe McCay's preferences as an animator in the film industry.

3. Describe Disney's rocky start in the animation industry.

4. Describe the machine that Bray created.

5. When and why did Disney begin to focus on creating theme parks?

6. Why do you think Leonard Maltin calls Max Fleischer an unsung hero?

7. Do you think Disney would have become successful today? Why or why not?

8. Describe the "bouncing ball" that Fleischer created.

9. What were the limits on early animation?

10. How did Mae West influence Fleischer's work?

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