Question 1

Modern Times was so like Under the Roofs of Paris that René Clair's producers sued Charlie Chaplin.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Un Chien Andalou is a surrealist film made by

Accepted Answer

A) Louis Buñuel 
B) Salvador Dali 
C) Both 
D) Neither 
A) Louis Buñuel 
B) Salvador Dali 
C) Both 
D) Neither C

Question 3

The German director who served as the inspiration for other German directors such as F.W.Murnau and Robert Wiene was

Accepted Answer

A) G.W.Pabst 
B) Carl Mayer 
C) Ernst Lubitsch 
D) Max Reinhardt 
A) G.W.Pabst 
B) Carl Mayer 
C) Ernst Lubitsch 
D) Max Reinhardt B

Question 4

Germany's cinema was the only national cinema comparable to America's in the 1920s.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Matching
-Lev Kuleshov ___

Accepted Answer

A) The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari 
B) Le Million 
C) The Last Laugh 
D) editing is the essence of cinema 
E) L'Age d'Or
F)The Lodger
G)Lulu in Hollywood
H)Storm over Asia
I)Spies
J)Napoleon 
A) The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari 
B) Le Million 
C) The Last Laugh 
D) editing is the essence of cinema 
E) L'Age d'Or
F)The Lodger
G)Lulu in Hollywood
H)Storm over Asia
I)Spies
J)Napoleon

Question 6

Who of these had little or no interest in expressing the workings of the subconscious?

Accepted Answer

A) Fritz Lang 
B) Sergei Eisenstein 
C) King Vidor 
D) Alfred Hitchcock 
A) Fritz Lang 
B) Sergei Eisenstein 
C) King Vidor 
D) Alfred Hitchcock

Question 7

How did Sergei Eisenstein use reverse angles in his filmmaking?

Accepted Answer

Sergei Eisenstein, a pioneering Soviet f

Question 8

Alfred Hitchcock's early films resemble the German movies exemplified by F.W. Murnau in all of the following ways except

Accepted Answer

A) plot. 
B) character. 
C) art direction. 
D) suggestive camera. 
A) plot. 
B) character. 
C) art direction. 
D) suggestive camera.

Question 9

In what ways were Luis Buñuel's (with Salvador Dali's help early on)"attack" movies in terms of technique,imagery,and theme?

Accepted Answer

Luis Buñuel's "attack" movies, with Salv

Question 10

Matching
-René Clair ___

Accepted Answer

A) The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari 
B) Le Million 
C) The Last Laugh 
D) editing is the essence of cinema 
E) L'Age d'Or
F)The Lodger
G)Lulu in Hollywood
H)Storm over Asia
I)Spies
J)Napoleon 
A) The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari 
B) Le Million 
C) The Last Laugh 
D) editing is the essence of cinema 
E) L'Age d'Or
F)The Lodger
G)Lulu in Hollywood
H)Storm over Asia
I)Spies
J)Napoleon

Question 11

Matching
-Abel Gance ___

Accepted Answer

A) The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari 
B) Le Million 
C) The Last Laugh 
D) editing is the essence of cinema 
E) L'Age d'Or
F)The Lodger
G)Lulu in Hollywood
H)Storm over Asia
I)Spies
J)Napoleon 
A) The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari 
B) Le Million 
C) The Last Laugh 
D) editing is the essence of cinema 
E) L'Age d'Or
F)The Lodger
G)Lulu in Hollywood
H)Storm over Asia
I)Spies
J)Napoleon

Question 12

G.W.Pabst's Pandora's Box

Accepted Answer

A) faithfully recreates the myth. 
B) is a relentless parable of a sensually insatiable woman's destruction. 
C) concerns street-wise profiteers and destitute middle-class. 
D) portrays capitalism's connection to war. 
A) faithfully recreates the myth. 
B) is a relentless parable of a sensually insatiable woman's destruction. 
C) concerns street-wise profiteers and destitute middle-class. 
D) portrays capitalism's connection to war.

Question 13

The "Griffith of Europe" was the German director

Accepted Answer

A) Ernst Lubitsch 
B) Fritz Lang 
C) Emil Jennings 
D) Walter Ruttman 
A) Ernst Lubitsch 
B) Fritz Lang 
C) Emil Jennings 
D) Walter Ruttman

Question 14

Matching
-Robert Wiene ___

Accepted Answer

A) The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari 
B) Le Million 
C) The Last Laugh 
D) editing is the essence of cinema 
E) L'Age d'Or
F)The Lodger
G)Lulu in Hollywood
H)Storm over Asia
I)Spies
J)Napoleon 
A) The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari 
B) Le Million 
C) The Last Laugh 
D) editing is the essence of cinema 
E) L'Age d'Or
F)The Lodger
G)Lulu in Hollywood
H)Storm over Asia
I)Spies
J)Napoleon

Question 15

Zero for Conduct is a Dada film made famous for its slow-motion,dreamlike,surreal pillow-fight scene.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The Russians used tracking,panning,tilting,and the like to full effect.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Sergei Eisenstein's overriding principle was kineticism which meant which of these?

Accepted Answer

A) movement outside the frame 
B) movement inside the frame 
C) careful attention to movement of the camera 
D) all of the above 
A) movement outside the frame 
B) movement inside the frame 
C) careful attention to movement of the camera 
D) all of the above

Question 18

Abel Gance's "polyvision" anticipates Cinerama.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Matching
-Luis Buñuel ___

Accepted Answer

A) The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari 
B) Le Million 
C) The Last Laugh 
D) editing is the essence of cinema 
E) L'Age d'Or
F)The Lodger
G)Lulu in Hollywood
H)Storm over Asia
I)Spies
J)Napoleon 
A) The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari 
B) Le Million 
C) The Last Laugh 
D) editing is the essence of cinema 
E) L'Age d'Or
F)The Lodger
G)Lulu in Hollywood
H)Storm over Asia
I)Spies
J)Napoleon

Question 20

Matching
-F.W.Murnau ___

Accepted Answer

A) The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari 
B) Le Million 
C) The Last Laugh 
D) editing is the essence of cinema 
E) L'Age d'Or
F)The Lodger
G)Lulu in Hollywood
H)Storm over Asia
I)Spies
J)Napoleon 
A) The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari 
B) Le Million 
C) The Last Laugh 
D) editing is the essence of cinema 
E) L'Age d'Or
F)The Lodger
G)Lulu in Hollywood
H)Storm over Asia
I)Spies
J)Napoleon

Exam 4: European Cinema in the 1920s

Modern Times was so like Under the Roofs of Paris that René Clair's producers sued Charlie Chaplin.___

Un Chien Andalou is a surrealist film made by

The German director who served as the inspiration for other German directors such as F.W.Murnau and Robert Wiene was

Germany's cinema was the only national cinema comparable to America's in the 1920s.___

Matching -Lev Kuleshov ___

Who of these had little or no interest in expressing the workings of the subconscious?

How did Sergei Eisenstein use reverse angles in his filmmaking?

Alfred Hitchcock's early films resemble the German movies exemplified by F.W. Murnau in all of the following ways except

In what ways were Luis Buñuel's (with Salvador Dali's help early on)"attack" movies in terms of technique,imagery,and theme?

Matching -René Clair ___

Matching -Abel Gance ___

G.W.Pabst's Pandora's Box

The "Griffith of Europe" was the German director

Matching -Robert Wiene ___

Zero for Conduct is a Dada film made famous for its slow-motion,dreamlike,surreal pillow-fight scene.___

The Russians used tracking,panning,tilting,and the like to full effect.___

Sergei Eisenstein's overriding principle was kineticism which meant which of these?

Abel Gance's "polyvision" anticipates Cinerama.___

Matching -Luis Buñuel ___

Matching -F.W.Murnau ___

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