Question 1

Matching
-George Méliès ___

Accepted Answer

A) a machine that passed a continuous loop of film of a series of rollers and in front of a prefocused lens 
B) uses images on cardboard which are mounted consecutively on a wheel: a flip-card device 
C) shot and edited him movies as he did because it seemed the best way to tell a story 
D) kept movies alive and evolving,but enslaved and cheapened them: movies were then called "chasers" 
E) developed a machine that worked visually with Edison's phonograph
F)used fade outs,dissolves,double exposures,etc.in his tableaux fantastiques
G)solved the problem of film breaking by leaving slack in the film at the top and bottom of the film gate
H)a surreal production from the Edison studio using hand-held shots and double exposures,etc.
I)Armat's and Raff's prototype for the modern movie projector
J)desired a painting to be a living thing 
A) a machine that passed a continuous loop of film of a series of rollers and in front of a prefocused lens 
B) uses images on cardboard which are mounted consecutively on a wheel: a flip-card device 
C) shot and edited him movies as he did because it seemed the best way to tell a story 
D) kept movies alive and evolving,but enslaved and cheapened them: movies were then called "chasers" 
E) developed a machine that worked visually with Edison's phonograph
F)used fade outs,dissolves,double exposures,etc.in his tableaux fantastiques
G)solved the problem of film breaking by leaving slack in the film at the top and bottom of the film gate
H)a surreal production from the Edison studio using hand-held shots and double exposures,etc.
I)Armat's and Raff's prototype for the modern movie projector
J)desired a painting to be a living thing F

Question 2

Nickelodeons failed to provide a good place for the classically democratic phenomenon that was (and still is)the movies.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Thomas Edison's favorite invention was the film projector and not the phonograph. ___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Matching
-The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend ___

Accepted Answer

A) a machine that passed a continuous loop of film of a series of rollers and in front of a prefocused lens 
B) uses images on cardboard which are mounted consecutively on a wheel: a flip-card device 
C) shot and edited him movies as he did because it seemed the best way to tell a story 
D) kept movies alive and evolving,but enslaved and cheapened them: movies were then called "chasers" 
E) developed a machine that worked visually with Edison's phonograph
F)used fade outs,dissolves,double exposures,etc.in his tableaux fantastiques
G)solved the problem of film breaking by leaving slack in the film at the top and bottom of the film gate
H)a surreal production from the Edison studio using hand-held shots and double exposures,etc.
I)Armat's and Raff's prototype for the modern movie projector
J)desired a painting to be a living thing 
A) a machine that passed a continuous loop of film of a series of rollers and in front of a prefocused lens 
B) uses images on cardboard which are mounted consecutively on a wheel: a flip-card device 
C) shot and edited him movies as he did because it seemed the best way to tell a story 
D) kept movies alive and evolving,but enslaved and cheapened them: movies were then called "chasers" 
E) developed a machine that worked visually with Edison's phonograph
F)used fade outs,dissolves,double exposures,etc.in his tableaux fantastiques
G)solved the problem of film breaking by leaving slack in the film at the top and bottom of the film gate
H)a surreal production from the Edison studio using hand-held shots and double exposures,etc.
I)Armat's and Raff's prototype for the modern movie projector
J)desired a painting to be a living thing

Question 5

Matching
-Vitascope ___

Accepted Answer

A) a machine that passed a continuous loop of film of a series of rollers and in front of a prefocused lens 
B) uses images on cardboard which are mounted consecutively on a wheel: a flip-card device 
C) shot and edited him movies as he did because it seemed the best way to tell a story 
D) kept movies alive and evolving,but enslaved and cheapened them: movies were then called "chasers" 
E) developed a machine that worked visually with Edison's phonograph
F)used fade outs,dissolves,double exposures,etc.in his tableaux fantastiques
G)solved the problem of film breaking by leaving slack in the film at the top and bottom of the film gate
H)a surreal production from the Edison studio using hand-held shots and double exposures,etc.
I)Armat's and Raff's prototype for the modern movie projector
J)desired a painting to be a living thing 
A) a machine that passed a continuous loop of film of a series of rollers and in front of a prefocused lens 
B) uses images on cardboard which are mounted consecutively on a wheel: a flip-card device 
C) shot and edited him movies as he did because it seemed the best way to tell a story 
D) kept movies alive and evolving,but enslaved and cheapened them: movies were then called "chasers" 
E) developed a machine that worked visually with Edison's phonograph
F)used fade outs,dissolves,double exposures,etc.in his tableaux fantastiques
G)solved the problem of film breaking by leaving slack in the film at the top and bottom of the film gate
H)a surreal production from the Edison studio using hand-held shots and double exposures,etc.
I)Armat's and Raff's prototype for the modern movie projector
J)desired a painting to be a living thing

Question 6

The Arrival of a Train from 1895 wowed views with its changing camera angles and multiple scenes.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What is the definition of "persistence of vision" ?

Accepted Answer

Persistence of vision is a phenomenon wh

Question 8

Matching
-The Lathams ___

Accepted Answer

A) a machine that passed a continuous loop of film of a series of rollers and in front of a prefocused lens 
B) uses images on cardboard which are mounted consecutively on a wheel: a flip-card device 
C) shot and edited him movies as he did because it seemed the best way to tell a story 
D) kept movies alive and evolving,but enslaved and cheapened them: movies were then called "chasers" 
E) developed a machine that worked visually with Edison's phonograph
F)used fade outs,dissolves,double exposures,etc.in his tableaux fantastiques
G)solved the problem of film breaking by leaving slack in the film at the top and bottom of the film gate
H)a surreal production from the Edison studio using hand-held shots and double exposures,etc.
I)Armat's and Raff's prototype for the modern movie projector
J)desired a painting to be a living thing 
A) a machine that passed a continuous loop of film of a series of rollers and in front of a prefocused lens 
B) uses images on cardboard which are mounted consecutively on a wheel: a flip-card device 
C) shot and edited him movies as he did because it seemed the best way to tell a story 
D) kept movies alive and evolving,but enslaved and cheapened them: movies were then called "chasers" 
E) developed a machine that worked visually with Edison's phonograph
F)used fade outs,dissolves,double exposures,etc.in his tableaux fantastiques
G)solved the problem of film breaking by leaving slack in the film at the top and bottom of the film gate
H)a surreal production from the Edison studio using hand-held shots and double exposures,etc.
I)Armat's and Raff's prototype for the modern movie projector
J)desired a painting to be a living thing

Question 9

Matching
-Kinetoscope ___

Accepted Answer

A) a machine that passed a continuous loop of film of a series of rollers and in front of a prefocused lens 
B) uses images on cardboard which are mounted consecutively on a wheel: a flip-card device 
C) shot and edited him movies as he did because it seemed the best way to tell a story 
D) kept movies alive and evolving,but enslaved and cheapened them: movies were then called "chasers" 
E) developed a machine that worked visually with Edison's phonograph
F)used fade outs,dissolves,double exposures,etc.in his tableaux fantastiques
G)solved the problem of film breaking by leaving slack in the film at the top and bottom of the film gate
H)a surreal production from the Edison studio using hand-held shots and double exposures,etc.
I)Armat's and Raff's prototype for the modern movie projector
J)desired a painting to be a living thing 
A) a machine that passed a continuous loop of film of a series of rollers and in front of a prefocused lens 
B) uses images on cardboard which are mounted consecutively on a wheel: a flip-card device 
C) shot and edited him movies as he did because it seemed the best way to tell a story 
D) kept movies alive and evolving,but enslaved and cheapened them: movies were then called "chasers" 
E) developed a machine that worked visually with Edison's phonograph
F)used fade outs,dissolves,double exposures,etc.in his tableaux fantastiques
G)solved the problem of film breaking by leaving slack in the film at the top and bottom of the film gate
H)a surreal production from the Edison studio using hand-held shots and double exposures,etc.
I)Armat's and Raff's prototype for the modern movie projector
J)desired a painting to be a living thing

Question 10

Which of the following early machines is basically the prototype of modern theatre projectors?

Accepted Answer

A) the Vitascope 
B) the Mutoscopethe 
C) Kinetoscope 
D) none of the above 
A) the Vitascope 
B) the Mutoscopethe 
C) Kinetoscope 
D) none of the above

Question 11

Movies like Pipe Dreams and The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

Accepted Answer

A) show the power of realism in movies. 
B) introduce surrealism into movies as early as 1903. 
C) were written by Thomas Edison. 
D) made stars of the actors. 
A) show the power of realism in movies. 
B) introduce surrealism into movies as early as 1903. 
C) were written by Thomas Edison. 
D) made stars of the actors.

Question 12

Identify the melodramatic movie that used wooden planks as sight lines to keep actors in frame.

Accepted Answer

A) Max Takes Quinine 
B) The Count of Monte Cristo 
C) The Great Train Robbery 
D) Queen Elizabeth 
A) Max Takes Quinine 
B) The Count of Monte Cristo 
C) The Great Train Robbery 
D) Queen Elizabeth

Question 13

What qualities do Charles Chaplin's Little Tramp movies possess that make them successful as stories and films?

Accepted Answer

Charles Chaplin's Little Tramp movies po

Question 14

Who set about converting the Muybridge sequence of photographs into a series of silhouettes for a projecting Zoetrope?

Accepted Answer

A) Thomas Edison 
B) Alfred Lord Tennyson 
C) Jean Louis Mesissonier 
D) Edwin Porter 
A) Thomas Edison 
B) Alfred Lord Tennyson 
C) Jean Louis Mesissonier 
D) Edwin Porter

Question 15

Matching
-William Dickson ___

Accepted Answer

A) a machine that passed a continuous loop of film of a series of rollers and in front of a prefocused lens 
B) uses images on cardboard which are mounted consecutively on a wheel: a flip-card device 
C) shot and edited him movies as he did because it seemed the best way to tell a story 
D) kept movies alive and evolving,but enslaved and cheapened them: movies were then called "chasers" 
E) developed a machine that worked visually with Edison's phonograph
F)used fade outs,dissolves,double exposures,etc.in his tableaux fantastiques
G)solved the problem of film breaking by leaving slack in the film at the top and bottom of the film gate
H)a surreal production from the Edison studio using hand-held shots and double exposures,etc.
I)Armat's and Raff's prototype for the modern movie projector
J)desired a painting to be a living thing 
A) a machine that passed a continuous loop of film of a series of rollers and in front of a prefocused lens 
B) uses images on cardboard which are mounted consecutively on a wheel: a flip-card device 
C) shot and edited him movies as he did because it seemed the best way to tell a story 
D) kept movies alive and evolving,but enslaved and cheapened them: movies were then called "chasers" 
E) developed a machine that worked visually with Edison's phonograph
F)used fade outs,dissolves,double exposures,etc.in his tableaux fantastiques
G)solved the problem of film breaking by leaving slack in the film at the top and bottom of the film gate
H)a surreal production from the Edison studio using hand-held shots and double exposures,etc.
I)Armat's and Raff's prototype for the modern movie projector
J)desired a painting to be a living thing

Question 16

Albert Smith argued persuasively that early movie spectators were intrigued principally by movie-making technology.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

George Méliès,who understudied Robert Houdini,made movies which he

Accepted Answer

A) Wrote 
B) Directed 
C) Designed scenery 
D) All of the above 
A) Wrote 
B) Directed 
C) Designed scenery 
D) All of the above

Question 18

Matching
-Vaudeville ___

Accepted Answer

A) a machine that passed a continuous loop of film of a series of rollers and in front of a prefocused lens 
B) uses images on cardboard which are mounted consecutively on a wheel: a flip-card device 
C) shot and edited him movies as he did because it seemed the best way to tell a story 
D) kept movies alive and evolving,but enslaved and cheapened them: movies were then called "chasers" 
E) developed a machine that worked visually with Edison's phonograph
F)used fade outs,dissolves,double exposures,etc.in his tableaux fantastiques
G)solved the problem of film breaking by leaving slack in the film at the top and bottom of the film gate
H)a surreal production from the Edison studio using hand-held shots and double exposures,etc.
I)Armat's and Raff's prototype for the modern movie projector
J)desired a painting to be a living thing 
A) a machine that passed a continuous loop of film of a series of rollers and in front of a prefocused lens 
B) uses images on cardboard which are mounted consecutively on a wheel: a flip-card device 
C) shot and edited him movies as he did because it seemed the best way to tell a story 
D) kept movies alive and evolving,but enslaved and cheapened them: movies were then called "chasers" 
E) developed a machine that worked visually with Edison's phonograph
F)used fade outs,dissolves,double exposures,etc.in his tableaux fantastiques
G)solved the problem of film breaking by leaving slack in the film at the top and bottom of the film gate
H)a surreal production from the Edison studio using hand-held shots and double exposures,etc.
I)Armat's and Raff's prototype for the modern movie projector
J)desired a painting to be a living thing

Question 19

The great realization of Norman Raff was that

Accepted Answer

A) Edison was shortsighted. 
B) a machine that threw pictures on a wall was a logical step. 
C) California would be the land of movie. 
D) he should charge at least 50 cents to patrons who wanted to enter his Kinetoscope parlor. 
A) Edison was shortsighted. 
B) a machine that threw pictures on a wall was a logical step. 
C) California would be the land of movie. 
D) he should charge at least 50 cents to patrons who wanted to enter his Kinetoscope parlor.

Question 20

Matching
-Mutoscope ___

Accepted Answer

A) a machine that passed a continuous loop of film of a series of rollers and in front of a prefocused lens 
B) uses images on cardboard which are mounted consecutively on a wheel: a flip-card device 
C) shot and edited him movies as he did because it seemed the best way to tell a story 
D) kept movies alive and evolving,but enslaved and cheapened them: movies were then called "chasers" 
E) developed a machine that worked visually with Edison's phonograph
F)used fade outs,dissolves,double exposures,etc.in his tableaux fantastiques
G)solved the problem of film breaking by leaving slack in the film at the top and bottom of the film gate
H)a surreal production from the Edison studio using hand-held shots and double exposures,etc.
I)Armat's and Raff's prototype for the modern movie projector
J)desired a painting to be a living thing 
A) a machine that passed a continuous loop of film of a series of rollers and in front of a prefocused lens 
B) uses images on cardboard which are mounted consecutively on a wheel: a flip-card device 
C) shot and edited him movies as he did because it seemed the best way to tell a story 
D) kept movies alive and evolving,but enslaved and cheapened them: movies were then called "chasers" 
E) developed a machine that worked visually with Edison's phonograph
F)used fade outs,dissolves,double exposures,etc.in his tableaux fantastiques
G)solved the problem of film breaking by leaving slack in the film at the top and bottom of the film gate
H)a surreal production from the Edison studio using hand-held shots and double exposures,etc.
I)Armat's and Raff's prototype for the modern movie projector
J)desired a painting to be a living thing

Exam 1: Beginnings

Matching -George Méliès ___

Nickelodeons failed to provide a good place for the classically democratic phenomenon that was (and still is)the movies.___

Thomas Edison's favorite invention was the film projector and not the phonograph. ___

Matching -The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend ___

Matching -Vitascope ___

The Arrival of a Train from 1895 wowed views with its changing camera angles and multiple scenes.___

What is the definition of "persistence of vision" ?

Matching -The Lathams ___

Matching -Kinetoscope ___

Which of the following early machines is basically the prototype of modern theatre projectors?

Movies like Pipe Dreams and The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

Identify the melodramatic movie that used wooden planks as sight lines to keep actors in frame.

What qualities do Charles Chaplin's Little Tramp movies possess that make them successful as stories and films?

Who set about converting the Muybridge sequence of photographs into a series of silhouettes for a projecting Zoetrope?

Matching -William Dickson ___

Albert Smith argued persuasively that early movie spectators were intrigued principally by movie-making technology.___

George Méliès,who understudied Robert Houdini,made movies which he

Matching -Vaudeville ___

The great realization of Norman Raff was that

Matching -Mutoscope ___

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