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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was significant about the economy in American films during the early to mid-eighties?

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

3. Why did 1950s allow independent filmmakers in America to practice their craft more openly?

4. During the early seventies in America cinema, which of the following was not one of the main themes explored?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the invention of the videocassette simplify camerawork?

3. What were some of the prominent trends in European cinema in the 1950s?

4. Why and how did commercial conglomerates help support the American film industry in the 1960s?

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

6. What was the Third Cinema theater realism?

7. What regulations changed in 1960s Hollywood, as well as technical advances?

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

9. Why was the French film industry nearly destroyed because of World War II?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the effects of television on the film industry.

Essay Topic 2

In what ways did Hollywood establish itself as a vital aspect of the American people during times of great turmoil? What does this suggest about the audience's need for escapism and reassurance? How did Hollywood help the country psychologically heal itself during the Great Depression?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the rise of Latin American and Irish cinema in the last years of the twentieth century and the first years of the new millennium.

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