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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. Which of the following was not one of the experiments conducted by film studios in the 1950s in order to change the size of their screens?
(a) CinemaScope.
(b) Cinerama.
(c) Rotoscope.
(d) 3D.

2. What was one reason comedy shorts became so popular in the 1920s?
(a) The actors all had scandalous lives.
(b) The audiences did not need to follow a plot.
(c) The tabloid era had begun.
(d) The stories were presented in serial format.

3. For what did the American film-going public demand in regards to the subjects of films in the 1980s?
(a) The lives of the rich.
(b) The lives of foreign nationals.
(c) The lives of the very poor.
(d) The lives of the young.

4. In England in the 1930s, what sociologist announced that films could be a powerful tool for social reform?
(a) Orson Welles.
(b) John Grierson.
(c) Alfred Hitchcock.
(d) Alexander Korda.

5. In the first several decades of the film industry, European films focused on the artists, while American films focused on the _______.
(a) Political statements.
(b) Sociological value.
(c) Story.
(d) Entertainment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Griffith as a director discover that elevated films from being more than technical achievements?

2. During the World War II, what types of films did the governments in Europe support?

3. Who was the top female filmmaker in Italy from the seventies?

4. Which of the following was not one of the main focuses of American cinema in the 1980s?

5. In America during the late 1960s, what was the general mood of the youth?

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