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Q: Lack of characterization is the norm in social realism where the social problem being examined is all consuming.

Q: The film that opened Hollywood to sound in movies is a. The Blue Angel. b. Tabu. c. The Jazz Singer. d. Wings.

Q: Wealth and women, especially in the Third World, go hand in hand as is made clear in the Turkish film Yol.

Q: Henri Chretien created the anamorphic lens which "squeezed" nearly 180 degrees of sight and compressed it by 50%, thus helping to develop the widescreen.

Q: Silent films blended several arts except for a. photography. b. music. c. acting. d. special effects.

Q: Realism is still the style of choice among Third World movie directors because, among other reasons, realism is cheaper.

Q: The Production Code's censorship standards slowly gave way to new ideas and language before the onslaught of such directors as Otto Preminger.

Q: What woman, at age 24, wrote a script for D. W. Griffith and later worked on the subtitles for his Intolerance? a. June Mathis b. Anita Loos c. Francis Marion d. Dorothy Azner

Q: Of all the many problems film directors in Third World countries had to face in the 80s, politics was not one of them.

Q: Filmmakers continued to use the studios' expensive-to-maintain backlots for their films which began to be directed at more mature audiences.

Q: The female director whose work was so admired that Universal built a studio for her that was hers alone was a. Lois Weber b. Alice Guy-Blache c. Francis Marion d. Mrs. Wallace Reid

Q: Under the Brezhnev regime in the Soviet Union, Soviet filmmakers began to make more accessible and commercial films.

Q: Alfred Hitchcock precut his scripts, meaning he a. bought scripts that were already edited b. used storyboarding c. minimized camera setups d. hooked studio financing in advance

Q: Who of the following is considered a carefree flapper? a. Clara Bow b. Greta Garbo c. Lillian Gish d. Mary Pickford

Q: The cinema of West Germany continued its dynamic growth in theme and technique in the 80s.

Q: Which of the following did Alfred Hitchcock believe to be "the kiss of death at the box office"? a. analyzing the audience for a film b. too little action in a film c. symbolic interpretations of a film d. all of above

Q: The qualities which prohibit Erich Von Stroheim from being the Marquis de Sade of cinema are a. precision and clarity. b. sex and doomed love. c. fascinating and likeability. d. humor and humanity.

Q: Paul Verhoeven has restricted his films to issues concerning life in the Netherlands (i.e. Holland).

Q: Particular to Elia Kazan's films are a. repressive families. b. effects of social pressure. c. conflicts of loyalties. d. all of the above

Q: Rex Ingram's film, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, with Rudolph Valentino, is characterized by a. visual beauty. b. intense dislike of close-ups. c. both a and b. d. neither a nor b.

Q: Spanish film director Pedro Almodvar hs been favorably compared to the great Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali.

Q: To what studio owner did director Elia Kazan say "He was always a man of the people. If something was being felt, he felt it"? a. Louis B. Mayer b. Warner c. Samuel Goldwyn d. Darryl Zanuck

Q: The female actor whose own career paralleled the development of movies themselves was a. Mary Pickford. b. Mabel Normand. c. Greta Garbo. d. Lilian Gish.

Q: The interesting fact about the British filmmaking tandem Merchant-Ivory is that neither is British nor is their principal screenwriter.

Q: Fred Zinneman is noted for which of the following revisionist westerns a. High Noon b. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence c. The Searchers d. High Plains Drifter

Q: Which of the following films is not one of Douglas Fairbanks' swashbuckling spectaculars? a. The Mask of Zorro b. The Private Life of Don Juan c. The Iron Mask d. The Thief of Bagdad

Q: Being from a naturally reserved culture, British filmmakers avoid the subject of sex at all costs in their films.

Q: Subtext is a. a minor story. b. the meaning interpreted from words. c. a calendar of intentions and feelings. d. the true story.

Q: Harold Lloyd's films like Safety Last were on "the myth of the Good American," and in such films, viewers find a. Home. b. Hearth. c. One True Love. d. all the above

Q: British filmmaking in the 1980s combined films that, on the one hand, exhibited class-consciousness and, on the other hand, showed an obsession with the 1950s.

Q: Stanislavsky believed a. you must live the part every moment you are playing it. b. the tradition of acting by emphasizing externals helped actors to get to internals. c. in discovering feelings that are analogues to those of a character. d. individual virtuosity and the star system ought to condemned and did so.

Q: Buster Keaton's characters exhibited all of the following traits except a. industriousness. b. earnestness. c. an inability to assimilate the reality around him. d. cowardice.

Q: Japanese audiences became increasingly internationalized in the 80s especially enjoying films made in a. Germany b. Australia c. China d. America

Q: Method acting is especially good when a. creating a surface impression of character. b. delivering spoken language really effectively. c. showing the emotional intensity of non-verbal working class characters. d. avoiding what may be in the actor's subconscious.

Q: Chaplin's comic work probably owes its great appeal to the fact that it has a great sense of a. the physical. b. the political. c. the psychological. d. the philosophical.

Q: One of the most popular forms of Japanese movies in the 1980s was a. yakuza b. buriko c. animation d. all of the above

Q: Each of the following is true about "method acting" except? a. a character's spirit must be fused with the actor's own emotions b. actors don"t do research in order to play characters they don"t know c. the text is the 10% that shows; the rest is subtext d. none of the above

Q: Each of the following is a thematic aspect of Charlie Chaplin's best work except a. conveying the pain of being human. b. portraying the joy of being rich and powerful. c. showing what it is to love more than to be loved. d. dramatizing being ignored when one does not deserve to be ignored

Q: The Cannes award-winning move "that demonstrates that all people [especially women] in the story are prisoners, as much of their own minds and values as of the state" is a. Pixote b. The Gods Must Be Crazy c. Yol d. The Hour of the Star

Q: All of the following is true of Norma Jean Baker except a. was married at 16 b. was trained at the Actors Studio c. was not considered a serious actor d. was Marilyn Monroe

Q: Many comedians in early Hollywood movies came from a. vaudeville. b. Broadway. c. Burlesque. d. little theatre.

Q: The place of women in Third World movies is a. an oppressed individual. b. earth goddess. c. irrepressible artist. d. successful businessperson.

Q: Which of the following is characteristic of social realism? a. authentic people b. shot on location c. focus on people near the bottom d. all of the above

Q: To many ordinary Americans, what seemed true about those larger-than-life silent movies coming out of early Hollywood? a. They were impossibly glamorous. b. They were a little dangerous. c. They were scandalous. d. all of the above

Q: Which of the following styles is the style of choice among most Third World directors? a. formalism b. realism c. classicism d. none of the above

Q: The Production Code finally began to allow all of the following except: a. sexual deviance b. drug addiction c. kidnapping d. words like "virgin"

Q: After watching one of his films on Youtube, what is 1) a structural analysis of the typical Sennett plot, b) types of humor (with examples) found in the story, and c) the portrayal of characters by manner, appearance, behavior, and possessions?

Q: Third World filmmakers faced many problems in making movies, including a. language b. politics c. Capital d. all of the above

Q: To combat TV's growing influence, the movie studios did all of the following except a. used color film b. used European actors c. used stereo sound d. used a wider screen

Q: What are some of the ways D.W. Griffith's filmmaking techniques compare and contrast with Steven Spielberg's filmmaking techniques?

Q: The courageous Polish film that defied the Official Lie of government was a. Man of Iron b. Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears c. Mephisto d. Pelle the Conqueror

Q: Cinemascope made which of the following cinema techniques difficult if not impossible? a. close ups b. deep focus c. wide depth of field d. all of the above

Q: To what extent was the confederation of Edison, Biograph, Vitagraph, et al. concerned with power, money, morality, and art?

Q: Which one of the following Eastern European countries was very "outspoken, individualistic, and obsessed with moral issues"? a. Yugoslavia b. Hungary c. Romania d. none of the above

Q: Gene Kelly was a. the outstanding actor of his day b. the outstanding musical performer of his day c. the outstanding romantic director of his day d. none of the above

Q: Compare and contrast the nickelodeons of early cinema with the megaplexes like AMC theatres of today's cinema.

Q: Which of the following is true about Soviet cinema in the 80s? a. Filmmakers where encouraged to make more commercial movie. b. Many movies pandered to the public's escapist fantasies. c. Filmmakers began to enjoy a new found artistic freedom. d. all of the above

Q: Each of the following is from MGM's golden age of musicals except? a. On the Town b. Bells Are Ringing c. Pennies from Heaven d. The Band Wagon

Q: What were some of the humor techniques camera work, acting, story lines that Max Sennett used to strike "wildly responsive chords" in audiences?

Q: Which of the following comedic films was made in that most unlikely of countries West Germany in the 80s? a. Sugarbaby b. Men c. neither of the above d. both of the above

Q: All of the following contributed to Hollywood's "waning" in the 50s except? a. a lack of stars b. a maturing of tastes c. a vast increase in production costs d. none of the above

Q: What were some of the ways D. W. Griffith used editing, camera work, and acting to bring emotions to the stories of movies like Birth of a Nation and Broken Blossom?

Q: Which of the following foreign directors has also found great success in American cinema? a. Claude Berri b. Percy Adlon c. Paul Verhoeven d. Istvn Szab

Q: Why did neorealism emerge in Italy after World War II?

Q: What was the rationale behind Biograph joining with Edison, Vitagraph, etc. in 1908?

Q: All of the following are characteristics of Spain's Pedro Almodvar except? a. is a gifted storyteller b. loves to shock the bourgeoisie c. mocks the stereotypes of Spanish machismo d. employs a matter-of-fact surrealism

Q: Why would Sir Laurence Olivier be considered a "major national [resource]" of Great Britain during the 1940s?

Q: What was the typical Nickelodeon like in terms of setting and comfort?

Q: Stephen Frears's movie making career was going nowhere until he teamed up with writer a. Ruth Prawar Jhabvala b. Hanif Kureshi c. Neil Jordan d. Chris Bernard

Q: What happened to the movies in oppressive political regimes like in Germany and/or the Soviet Union/Russia?

Q: Matching1) Mae Marsh ___2) Marcus Hanna ___3) The Sands of Dee ___4) freeze frame ___5) Intolerance ___6) The Birth of a Nation ___7) Lillian Gish ___8) masking ___9) Cecil B. De Mille ___10) Max Sennett ___a. Griffith one-reeler containing 68 scenesb. Our Lady of Constant Sorrows to a generation of filmgoersc. hailed as the director who made the breakthrough with mise en scened. purposely photographed action and characters at a faster-than-life speede. after Lillian Gish, Griffith's most expressive actorf. film technique altering frame size used in Orphans of the Stormg. Griffith used this device for ironic contrast between hungry workers and a bountiful banquet h. Griffith's artistically first-rate films, but a political/sociological embarrassmenti. powerbroker/kingmakerj. four stories linked by titles, a symbolic mother image, and cross cutting

Q: All of the following are true of Scottish director Bill Forsyth's movies except a. concocts rambling tales b. uses non-actorish Scots c. follows the grand British tradition d. makes minimalist comedies

Q: What was the condition of the French movie making culture in the years following World War II?

Q: Max Sennett's success with his Keystone Studio was due to the fact that he "told" original stories and used only top actors.

Q: What is true of the left-wing realist cinema of Great Britain in the 1980s as seen in movies like Mona Lisa? a. set in the here and now b. written directly for the screen c. explored the implications of harsh social conditions d. all of the above

Q: What common political philosophy did the Italian neorealists like Roberto Rossellini and Michelangelo Antonioni share in the 1940s after World War II?

Q: Thomas Ince, rather than Griffith, is the uncredited originator of what has come to be known as the Hollywood studio system.

Q: Merchant-Ivory's Room with a View won American Academy Awards for a. screenplay adaptation. b. direction. c. costumes. d. all of the above

Q: What theme do Carol Reed movies of the 1940s like Odd Man Out and The Third Man often explore?

Q: Cecil B. De Mille's greatest gift was for getting actors to give wonderful performances.