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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flashback: A Brief History of Film Chapters 17-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although Europe's film industry struggled in the 1990s, what country fared the best?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Spain.
(d) Germany.

2. What filmmaker from Spain loved to shock the upper-middle classes in Western Europe?
(a) Pedro Almodovar.
(b) Alfonso Cuaron.
(c) Diego Bernal.
(d) Guillermo Del Toro.

3. During the early days of World War II, why did Britain have trouble maintaining their film industry?
(a) Immigration.
(b) Denouncement of British films from Hitler.
(c) Bomb threats.
(d) Funding.

4. Who helped Edison open a Kinetoscope parlor?
(a) Eadward Muybridge.
(b) Norman Raff.
(c) William Dickson.
(d) Jean Louis Meissonier.

5. Which of the directors did not flourish in the international and mainstream markets from the nineties?
(a) Guillermo Del Toro.
(b) Jonathan Glazer.
(c) Gurinda Chada.
(d) Mira Nair.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade were silent films perfected?

2. How did films from the Third World go about crossing the language barrier for international audiences?

3. What did country made a decent splash in the nineties for films, though ended up losing several of their most talented filmmakers and artists to Hollywood?

4. Which of the following European movies from the 1990s did not find mainstream, international success?

5. What was the main focus in French cinema in the seventies?

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