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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. Which of the following did Iwerks most seem to lack?
(a) Writing skills.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Speech skills.
(d) Drawing skills.

2. Who is described as being "animation's forgotten man"?
(a) Ub Iwerks.
(b) Walter Lantz.
(c) Max Fleischer.
(d) Walt Disney.

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

4. When did Ben Hardaway join Lantz's studio?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1950.

5. How long did it take Iwerks to complete "Plane Crazy"?
(a) Less than 3 days.
(b) Less than a month.
(c) One year.
(d) Less than 2 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Iwerks sell his first series to?

3. Who owned the rights to the three-color process?

4. When did Iwerks and Disney meet?

5. Where was Lantz from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the characters Warner Brothers created.

2. Why was Warner Brothers so successful?

3. What role did synchronized music have in Van Beuren's studio?

4. How might Disney have felt vindicated by Universal hiring Lantz?

5. Do you consider Lantz successful?

6. What is the significance of "Krazy Kat"?

7. Describe Lantz's road to success.

8. Describe the Warner Brothers animators and their goals.

9. Describe Paul Terry's rise to success.

10. Describe Mintz's transition to color from black and white.

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