Question 1

Expressionism,Impressionism,and Surrealism were all finished as film movements by about

Accepted Answer

A) 1910. 
B) 1920. 
C) 1930. 
D) 1940. 
A) 1910. 
B) 1920. 
C) 1930. 
D) 1940. C

Question 2

Which of the following was NOT one of the earliest feature films?

Accepted Answer

A) A Trip to the Moon by Georges Méliès 
B) The Great Train Robbery by Edwin S.Porter 
C) Rescued by Rover by Lewin Fitzhamon 
D) The Black Maria by Thomas Edison 
A) A Trip to the Moon by Georges Méliès 
B) The Great Train Robbery by Edwin S.Porter 
C) Rescued by Rover by Lewin Fitzhamon 
D) The Black Maria by Thomas Edison D

Question 3

From the beginning,the French film industry was hostile to the New Wave and eventually contributed to its decline through its censorship.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Which of the following does NOT characterize the American film business in the 1910s and 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A) Most film companies relocated to California. 
B) American companies faced heavy competition from European firms. 
C) Smaller film companies merged to form larger ones. 
D) The pattern for the next few decades was established. 
A) Most film companies relocated to California. 
B) American companies faced heavy competition from European firms. 
C) Smaller film companies merged to form larger ones. 
D) The pattern for the next few decades was established.

Question 5

Which of the following does NOT characterize American filmmaking in the mid-1910s,as exemplified by Cecil B.De Mille's The Cheat (1915)?

Accepted Answer

A) Glass-roofed studios that used natural light were related with closed studios with artificial light. 
B) Classical continuity edited had been established,and patterns of narrative were linear. 
C) Filmmaking was highly subjective and used distortion of images to represent emotional states. 
D) The system of staging,shooting,and editing was developing and becoming standardized. 
A) Glass-roofed studios that used natural light were related with closed studios with artificial light. 
B) Classical continuity edited had been established,and patterns of narrative were linear. 
C) Filmmaking was highly subjective and used distortion of images to represent emotional states. 
D) The system of staging,shooting,and editing was developing and becoming standardized.

Question 6

Where does the film noir style fit into American filmmaking history? Discuss what new techniques developed in the 1930s were used later in film noir style films.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Where does the film noir style fit...

Question 7

People today have difficulty understanding older films most often because those films

Accepted Answer

A) operate according to different conventions. 
B) are not as visually well-crafted as modern movies. 
C) involve romantic plots that do not appeal to contemporary sensibilities. 
D) lack action sequences and are very slow paced. 
A) operate according to different conventions. 
B) are not as visually well-crafted as modern movies. 
C) involve romantic plots that do not appeal to contemporary sensibilities. 
D) lack action sequences and are very slow paced.

Question 8

The introduction of sound and color radically changed the classical Hollywood approach to storytelling.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following does NOT accurately characterize the state of the American film industry during the period from World War II to about 1970?

Accepted Answer

A) The rise of television caused audiences not go to the movies as much. 
B) Despite challenges,the Hollywood studio system remained firmly in place. 
C) New technologies,such as widescreen and stereophonic sound,appeared. 
D) Few films yielded huge profits and the film industry declined. 
A) The rise of television caused audiences not go to the movies as much. 
B) Despite challenges,the Hollywood studio system remained firmly in place. 
C) New technologies,such as widescreen and stereophonic sound,appeared. 
D) Few films yielded huge profits and the film industry declined.

Question 10

A major turning point in Hollywood history occurred in 1968 with the

Accepted Answer

A) dissolution of the studio system. 
B) birth of the modern blockbuster. 
C) establishment of the MPAA film ratings system. 
D) advent of the "film brat" movement. 
A) dissolution of the studio system. 
B) birth of the modern blockbuster. 
C) establishment of the MPAA film ratings system. 
D) advent of the "film brat" movement.

Question 11

Which of the following traits is NOT typical of French New Wave films?

Accepted Answer

A) Casual humor and references to other films 
B) Many tracking,panning,and handheld camera movements 
C) Shooting in real buildings using available light 
D) Frequent criticism of the French government 
A) Casual humor and references to other films 
B) Many tracking,panning,and handheld camera movements 
C) Shooting in real buildings using available light 
D) Frequent criticism of the French government

Question 12

Directors in the Soviet Montage movement put the greatest emphasis and priority on

Accepted Answer

A) mise-en-scene. 
B) storytelling. 
C) cinematography. 
D) editing. 
A) mise-en-scene. 
B) storytelling. 
C) cinematography. 
D) editing.

Question 13

The Soviet Montage movement emphasized individual personalities by using famous actors with very distinctive appearances and mannerisms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The kinds of movies that saved Hollywood in the 1970s are known as

Accepted Answer

A) exploitation films. 
B) extravaganzas. 
C) independent films. 
D) blockbusters. 
A) exploitation films. 
B) extravaganzas. 
C) independent films. 
D) blockbusters.

Question 15

One cinematic genre that flourished in the 1930s as a result of recent technological developments in filmmaking was the

Accepted Answer

A) musical. 
B) Western. 
C) crime thriller. 
D) romantic comedy. 
A) musical. 
B) Western. 
C) crime thriller. 
D) romantic comedy.

Question 16

Which of the following was a serious problem faced by the Soviet film industry after the 1917 Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A) Shortages of film equipment and raw stock 
B) The shutdown of the State School of Cinema Art 
C) The New Economic Policy (NEP),which caused the economy to stagnate 
D) Lenin's view that cinema was the least important of the arts 
A) Shortages of film equipment and raw stock 
B) The shutdown of the State School of Cinema Art 
C) The New Economic Policy (NEP),which caused the economy to stagnate 
D) Lenin's view that cinema was the least important of the arts

Question 17

The most important Surrealist films of the 1920s were made in England.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Citizen Kane (1941)reflects the trend toward a(n)______ style of cinematography,which developed in the late 1930s.

Accepted Answer

A) iris in/iris out 
B) long-shot 
C) rack-focusing 
D) deep-focus 
A) iris in/iris out 
B) long-shot 
C) rack-focusing 
D) deep-focus

Question 19

The most important change that occurred in Hollywood during the late 1920s was the

Accepted Answer

A) lift on the ban by MPAA to show intimacy on screen. 
B) arrival of synchronized sound filmmaking. 
C) consolidation of film companies into only three studios. 
D) introduction of color film. 
A) lift on the ban by MPAA to show intimacy on screen. 
B) arrival of synchronized sound filmmaking. 
C) consolidation of film companies into only three studios. 
D) introduction of color film.

Question 20

The young directors of the French New Wave

Accepted Answer

A) were deeply opposed to classical Hollywood cinema due to its lack of artistry. 
B) studied under older French filmmakers and worked their way up through the studios. 
C) borrowed money to make short films and features using location shooting. 
D) formed a filmmaking cooperative,the "Société des Auteurs" that approved films for quality before release. 
A) were deeply opposed to classical Hollywood cinema due to its lack of artistry. 
B) studied under older French filmmakers and worked their way up through the studios. 
C) borrowed money to make short films and features using location shooting. 
D) formed a filmmaking cooperative,the "Société des Auteurs" that approved films for quality before release.

Expressionism,Impressionism,and Surrealism were all finished as film movements by about

Which of the following was NOT one of the earliest feature films?

From the beginning,the French film industry was hostile to the New Wave and eventually contributed to its decline through its censorship.

Which of the following does NOT characterize the American film business in the 1910s and 1920s?

Which of the following does NOT characterize American filmmaking in the mid-1910s,as exemplified by Cecil B.De Mille's The Cheat (1915)?

Where does the film noir style fit into American filmmaking history? Discuss what new techniques developed in the 1930s were used later in film noir style films.

People today have difficulty understanding older films most often because those films

The introduction of sound and color radically changed the classical Hollywood approach to storytelling.

Which of the following does NOT accurately characterize the state of the American film industry during the period from World War II to about 1970?

A major turning point in Hollywood history occurred in 1968 with the

Which of the following traits is NOT typical of French New Wave films?

Directors in the Soviet Montage movement put the greatest emphasis and priority on

The Soviet Montage movement emphasized individual personalities by using famous actors with very distinctive appearances and mannerisms.

The kinds of movies that saved Hollywood in the 1970s are known as

One cinematic genre that flourished in the 1930s as a result of recent technological developments in filmmaking was the

Which of the following was a serious problem faced by the Soviet film industry after the 1917 Revolution?

The most important Surrealist films of the 1920s were made in England.

Citizen Kane (1941)reflects the trend toward a(n)______ style of cinematography,which developed in the late 1930s.

The most important change that occurred in Hollywood during the late 1920s was the

The young directors of the French New Wave

Film As Art

The Significance of Film Form

Narrative Form

The Shot- Mise-EN-Scene

The Shot- Cinema-to-Graphy

The Relation of Shot to Shot- Editing

Sound in the Cinema

Summary- Style and Film Form

Film Genres

Documentary, Experimental, and Animated Films

Filters

Exam 11: Historical Changes in Film Art

Expressionism,Impressionism,and Surrealism were all finished as film movements by about

Which of the following was NOT one of the earliest feature films?

From the beginning,the French film industry was hostile to the New Wave and eventually contributed to its decline through its censorship.

Which of the following does NOT characterize the American film business in the 1910s and 1920s?

Which of the following does NOT characterize American filmmaking in the mid-1910s,as exemplified by Cecil B.De Mille's The Cheat (1915)?

Where does the film noir style fit into American filmmaking history? Discuss what new techniques developed in the 1930s were used later in film noir style films.

People today have difficulty understanding older films most often because those films

The introduction of sound and color radically changed the classical Hollywood approach to storytelling.

Which of the following does NOT accurately characterize the state of the American film industry during the period from World War II to about 1970?

A major turning point in Hollywood history occurred in 1968 with the

Which of the following traits is NOT typical of French New Wave films?

Directors in the Soviet Montage movement put the greatest emphasis and priority on

The Soviet Montage movement emphasized individual personalities by using famous actors with very distinctive appearances and mannerisms.

The kinds of movies that saved Hollywood in the 1970s are known as

One cinematic genre that flourished in the 1930s as a result of recent technological developments in filmmaking was the

Which of the following was a serious problem faced by the Soviet film industry after the 1917 Revolution?

The most important Surrealist films of the 1920s were made in England.

Citizen Kane (1941)reflects the trend toward a(n)______ style of cinematography,which developed in the late 1930s.

The most important change that occurred in Hollywood during the late 1920s was the

The young directors of the French New Wave

Film As Art

The Significance of Film Form

Narrative Form

The Shot- Mise-EN-Scene

The Shot- Cinema-to-Graphy

The Relation of Shot to Shot- Editing

Sound in the Cinema

Summary- Style and Film Form

Film Genres

Documentary, Experimental, and Animated Films

Filters