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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following directors was not one the greats in 1940s Italy?
(a) Cesare Zavattini.
(b) Vincent Minnelli.
(c) Vittorio de Sica.
(d) Roberto Rossellini.

2. As the studio system rose again in the 1980s, what area suffered?
(a) Foreign films.
(b) Theatre.
(c) Independent films.
(d) Musicals.

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

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

5. What hysterical fear threatened artists in the film industry?
(a) Women's liberation.
(b) Homosexuality.
(c) Communists.
(d) Nazis.

6. What was encouraged by the New Wave filmmakers?
(a) Violence.
(b) Nudity.
(c) Song and dance.
(d) Improvisation.

7. What was significant about the economy in American films during the early to mid-eighties?
(a) Several loans were received from the government.
(b) Massive financial gains.
(c) Heavy financial losses.
(d) Foreign investors took an interest and guaranteed massive kick-backs.

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

9. In what year did the stock market crash in America, causing film investors to pull out of Hollywood?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1988.

10. 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) Music.
(b) Publishing.
(c) Television.
(d) Theatrical.

11. In the seventies, upon what did German cinema begin to reflect?
(a) Pop culture.
(b) Sexuality in youth.
(c) Nazi era.
(d) Brechtian principles.

12. During the 1960s in Hollywood, what was the main focus in the industry's mainstream films?
(a) Intrigue.
(b) Political awareness.
(c) Glamour.
(d) International relations.

13. What was significant about the marketing tactics of the American film studios in the eighties?
(a) Youth was repeatedly pushed aside.
(b) Trailer editing rose as an art form.
(c) Stars were marketed aggressively.
(d) Patriotism was emphasized.

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

15. What was the focus of Russian documentaries after World War II, as ordered by Stalin?
(a) Sweeping epics.
(b) Russian nationalism.
(c) Historical dramas.
(d) Entertainment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the other term for the Angry Young Man movement?

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

3. Who revolutionized the way films were shot on-location through such "studios on wheels" such as the Cinemobile Mark IV?

4. In Eastern Europe in the seventies, what topic was generally avoided in their cinema?

5. What were the primary goal's of German films after World War II?

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