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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flashback: A Brief History of Film Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason did many great artists leave Europe for America in the 1930s?
(a) Political exiling.
(b) Nazi persecution.
(c) The studios lured them to America.
(d) Low production values.

2. Which of the following comedians was not one of the silent film stars from the 1920s?
(a) Charlie Chaplin.
(b) Buster Keaton.
(c) Harold Lloyd.
(d) Lou Costello.

3. What did Griffith as a director discover that elevated films from being more than technical achievements?
(a) Cinematography.
(b) Prohibition forced people into the theaters.
(c) Talented actors.
(d) Special effects and lighting.

4. The Kinetoscope was developed by Thomas Edison and _______ _______.
(a) Norman Raff.
(b) Jean Louis Meissonier.
(c) Eadward Muybridge.
(d) William Dickson.

5. Through what did Jean Louis Meissonier project Muybridge's work?
(a) Glass lantern.
(b) Zoetrope.
(c) Rotoscope.
(d) Rear projector.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first several decades of the film industry, European films focused on the artists, while American films focused on the _______.

2. The two main regions involved in film production before the move to California were New York and _________.

3. Why did the War Department in America ban some of the political movies made during World War II?

4. Which of the following was not one of the the Big Five studios in the Golden Age of the Studio?

5. Upon whose model of mass production did the Hollywood studio system manufacture films in the Golden Age?

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