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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What British comedy troupe had a cinematic bright spot for their country's struggling film industry?
(a) Are You Being Served?
(b) Absolutely Fabulous.
(c) Kids in the Hall.
(d) Monty Python's Flying Circus.

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

4. What was significant about cinema in education in the 1970s?
(a) Universities began offering film courses.
(b) Films were used as a teaching aid.
(c) Universities opened up their own production companies for the students.
(d) Universities were mined for potential talent.

5. When Britain began to focus on literary and theatrical stage adaptations for their film industry in the years surrounding World War II, what renowned actor became particularly lauded for his work in this area?
(a) Peter Sellers.
(b) Laurence Olivier.
(c) Alfred Hitchcock.
(d) Orson Welles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who replaced Czechoslovakia's government, obliterating their film industry?

2. At the end of the 1950s, how many homes in America had a television set?

3. What hysterical fear threatened artists in the film industry?

4. What sort of music became popular for movie soundtracks in the sixties?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the New Wave movement from France affect American movie trends in the 1970s?

2. Why was Japan's golden age in film able to thrive throughout the World War II and beyond, despite the political turmoil?

3. What were some of the political issues that made their way into 1970s Hollywood?

4. In what ways did Japanese cinema flourish in the fifties?

5. How did the Vietnam War change the culture of America in regards to Hollywood?

6. Why did Hollywood studios flourish in the 1980s?

7. How did Germany's film industry attempt to recover from World War II?

8. How and why did the quality of mass-produced films diminish in the 1980s?

9. What were some of the trends in American films during the 1970s?

10. As the studios declined with the invention of the television, how did Americans' tastes in film subject begin to change?

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