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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. Which Eastern European or communist bloc country did not rise to prominence in the eighties?
(a) Hungary.
(b) Poland.
(c) Siberia.
(d) The Soviet Union.

2. Which of the following directors of Islamic cinema did not rise to prominence in the last years of the twentieth century?
(a) Janfar Panahi.
(b) Yilmaz Guney.
(c) Amiri Makhmalbaf.
(d) Abbas Kiarostami.

3. What event in the sixties shifted the American film industry's focus?
(a) Death of Marilyn Monroe.
(b) Vietnam War.
(c) Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Deaths of the Kennedy brothers.

4. During the social revolution of the sixties in America, how did Hollywood compensate for their budget cuts?
(a) Lower budget movies were promoted in the biggest studios.
(b) Salaries of the technical designers were cut.
(c) They invested heavily in Wall Street.
(d) They cut back on the amount of films made.

5. What percentage of the American film industry's gross profits came from Great Britain in the early years of the industry?
(a) 35.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following men was not one of the major producers in the 1950s American film industry?

2. What genre of film became particularly popular in the early seventies?

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

4. Upon what were the greatest works of entertainment in Britain focused in the seventies?

5. With what film technique did European filmmakers begin experimenting?

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