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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flashback: A Brief History of Film Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was France's main big screen hit in the 1970s?
(a) "Madame Bovary."
(b) "La Cage aux Folles."
(c) "Les Liaisons Dangerouse."
(d) "No Exit."

2. In what year did Edison help to open a Kinetoscope parlor?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1894.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1911.

3. In America during the late 1960s, what was the general mood of the youth?
(a) Severe ennui.
(b) Conscientious objectors.
(c) Anti-establishment.
(d) Pro-government.

4. What style of art influenced Alfred Hitchcock the most, particularly in his early work?
(a) Expressionism.
(b) Theater of the Absurd.
(c) Brechtian.
(d) Theater of Cruelty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the early days of World War II, why did Britain have trouble maintaining their film industry?

2. What became the focus of American cinema in the seventies?

3. What was one of the biggest threats to the film industry in the 1930s?

4. Which director became renowned for his use of long takes to evoke a darker mood?

5. What event in the sixties shifted the American film industry's focus?

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