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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What style of acting became popular in films in the 1950s?
(a) Brechtian.
(b) Method.
(c) Meisner.
(d) Chekhovian.

2. During the World War II, what types of films did the governments in Europe support?
(a) Sweeping epics.
(b) Historical dramas.
(c) Escapist comedies.
(d) Propaganda.

3. Which Eastern European country became a strong force in the international film community in the sixties?
(a) Yugoslavia.
(b) Siberia.
(c) Czechoslavakia.
(d) Russia.

4. What sort of music became popular for movie soundtracks in the sixties?
(a) Rock music.
(b) Ragtime music.
(c) Jazz music.
(d) Classical music.

5. Which of the following was not one of the most respected Japanese directors from the post-World War II era?
(a) Kenji Mizoguchi.
(b) Akira Kurosawa.
(c) Yasujiro Ozu.
(d) Toshiro Mifune.

6. What is the other term for the Angry Young Man movement?
(a) Pinter Pause realism.
(b) Chekhovian absurdity.
(c) Uprising Cockney.
(d) Kitchen Sink realism.

7. What country nearly wiped out the French film industry after World War II?
(a) Germany.
(b) Britain.
(c) Italy.
(d) America.

8. Which of the following was not one of the main focuses of American cinema in the 1980s?
(a) Militarism.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Money.
(d) Government corruption.

9. Which of of the following was not one of the associate companies of the commercial conglomerates that helped keep the American film industry from floundering in the sixties?
(a) Theatrical.
(b) Music.
(c) Television.
(d) Publishing.

10. Which European country's film industry was the most devastated after World War II?
(a) Greece.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) Spain.

11. Due to the obliteration of the Production Code in the sixties, what type of films became popular in the seventies?
(a) Blaxploitation.
(b) Experimental.
(c) Pornography.
(d) Horror.

12. Which of the following men was not one of the major producers in the 1950s American film industry?
(a) Elia Kazan.
(b) Billy Wilder.
(c) Alfred Hitchcock.
(d) Fred Zinnemann.

13. What declined per America's changing tastes and desire for more sophisticated films in the 1950s?
(a) Studios.
(b) Independent films.
(c) Star power.
(d) Story lines.

14. How did the end of the Vietnam War affect the content of American films?
(a) Audience attendance in movie theaters declined, allowing the industry to experiment more.
(b) Audiences demanded more widespread diversity within the industry.
(c) Audiences began to look more for "traditional values" again.
(d) Audiences demanded less censorship.

15. What was the name of France's sudden revitalization in their film industry in the 1950s?
(a) Cinema Noir.
(b) New Wave.
(c) Film du Prince.
(d) Golden Era.

Short Answer Questions

1. What region became renowned for their film adaptations of literary classics?

2. For what reasons did Japanese films escape censorship from their government in their Golden Age?

3. For what reasons did filmmakers simplify camera work in the 1980s?

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

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

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