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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flashback: A Brief History of Film Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon whose model of mass production did the Hollywood studio system manufacture films in the Golden Age?
(a) Thomas Edison.
(b) Eli Whitney.
(c) F.W. Murnau.
(d) Orson Welles.

2. What event in America caused studios to realize that the movie-going public needed entertainment over grim realism?
(a) World War II.
(b) Prohibition.
(c) The Great Depression.
(d) World War I.

3. Post-World War II, who was Italy's most prominent director?
(a) Ingmar Bergman.
(b) Vittorio Rossellini.
(c) Lorenzo Trattoria.
(d) Federico Fellini.

4. What was the standard amount of time devoted to creating a picture during David Wark Griffith's development of film?
(a) One year.
(b) One month.
(c) One day.
(d) One week.

5. When Hitler came to power, what did Europe lose in their film industry?
(a) Funding.
(b) Freedom of movement to find new locations.
(c) Jewish artists.
(d) Freedom of speech.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which company became renowned for their animation in the early years of World War II?

2. What declined per America's changing tastes and desire for more sophisticated films in the 1950s?

3. When Britain began to focus on literary and theatrical stage adaptations for their film industry in the years surrounding World War II, what renowned actor became particularly lauded for his work in this area?

4. What percentage of the American film industry's gross profits came from Great Britain in the early years of the industry?

5. What was Italian director Luchino Visconti's title in his home country?

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