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

2. Which of the following was not one of the the Big Five studios in the Golden Age of the Studio?
(a) RKO.
(b) Paramount.
(c) Warner Bros.
(d) Universal.

3. Which world-class, renowned filmmaker stayed made propaganda films for Hitler?
(a) F.W. Murnau.
(b) Fritz Lang.
(c) Max Ophuls.
(d) Leni Reifenstahl.

4. What were the only restrictions placed on directors in the 1920s?
(a) They were not allowed to take a bigger cut of the movie's profits than the actors.
(b) They had to stay within their budget.
(c) They had to work subliminal advertising into their films.
(d) They could only use one "star" at a time.

5. What fear arose about an audience's viewing experience as films grew longer?
(a) They would start getting bored.
(b) It would be harder to follow the plot.
(c) They would demand their money back.
(d) They would dislike the actors.

Short Answer Questions

1. When American films began to include sound (particularly dialogue), what sound effect uncomfortably highlighted the violence in most movies?

2. What film helped open up the world to the power of British filmmaking in the 1930s?

3. What was Harold Lloyd's trademark?

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

5. What animal did Eadward Muybridge photograph?

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