Question 1

Which classic dramatist did Welles increasingly turn to for inspiration as he aged?

Accepted Answer

A) Anton Chekov 
B) Ben Johnson 
C) William Shakespeare 
D) Arthur Miller 
A) Anton Chekov 
B) Ben Johnson 
C) William Shakespeare 
D) Arthur Miller

Question 2

The films that Ida Lupino made were concerned with

Accepted Answer

A) unwed mothers 
B) rape 
C) working women 
D) all of the above 
A) unwed mothers 
B) rape 
C) working women 
D) all of the above

Question 3

Matching
-social realism ___

Accepted Answer

A) Orson Welles' film 
B) Katharine Hepburn 
C) Disney classic animated feature 
D) Humphrey Bogart 
E) Double Indemnity showed his expressionistic leanings
F)like neorealism in technique
G)The Asphalt Jungle,a world of shadows
H)The Palm Beach Story
I)Sturges' film badly recut by Howard Hughes
J)William Wyler WWII documentary 
A) Orson Welles' film 
B) Katharine Hepburn 
C) Disney classic animated feature 
D) Humphrey Bogart 
E) Double Indemnity showed his expressionistic leanings
F)like neorealism in technique
G)The Asphalt Jungle,a world of shadows
H)The Palm Beach Story
I)Sturges' film badly recut by Howard Hughes
J)William Wyler WWII documentary

Question 4

Many consider which of the following to be Billy Wilder's masterpiece?

Accepted Answer

A) Sunset Boulevard 
B) Double Indemnity 
C) The Lost Weekend 
D) Ace in the Hole 
A) Sunset Boulevard 
B) Double Indemnity 
C) The Lost Weekend 
D) Ace in the Hole

Question 5

Which of the following is true of a Disney-produced animated feature film?

Accepted Answer

A) sentimental 
B) sugary 
C) supported stability and family 
D) all of the above 
A) sentimental 
B) sugary 
C) supported stability and family 
D) all of the above

Question 6

Matching
-Mad Wednesday ___

Accepted Answer

A) Orson Welles' film 
B) Katharine Hepburn 
C) Disney classic animated feature 
D) Humphrey Bogart 
E) Double Indemnity showed his expressionistic leanings
F)like neorealism in technique
G)The Asphalt Jungle,a world of shadows
H)The Palm Beach Story
I)Sturges' film badly recut by Howard Hughes
J)William Wyler WWII documentary 
A) Orson Welles' film 
B) Katharine Hepburn 
C) Disney classic animated feature 
D) Humphrey Bogart 
E) Double Indemnity showed his expressionistic leanings
F)like neorealism in technique
G)The Asphalt Jungle,a world of shadows
H)The Palm Beach Story
I)Sturges' film badly recut by Howard Hughes
J)William Wyler WWII documentary

Question 7

Preston Sturges's movies like All About Eve continued to reinforce the notion that success and happiness are the result of talent,clean living,and hard work.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Matching
-John Huston ___

Accepted Answer

A) Orson Welles' film 
B) Katharine Hepburn 
C) Disney classic animated feature 
D) Humphrey Bogart 
E) Double Indemnity showed his expressionistic leanings
F)like neorealism in technique
G)The Asphalt Jungle,a world of shadows
H)The Palm Beach Story
I)Sturges' film badly recut by Howard Hughes
J)William Wyler WWII documentary 
A) Orson Welles' film 
B) Katharine Hepburn 
C) Disney classic animated feature 
D) Humphrey Bogart 
E) Double Indemnity showed his expressionistic leanings
F)like neorealism in technique
G)The Asphalt Jungle,a world of shadows
H)The Palm Beach Story
I)Sturges' film badly recut by Howard Hughes
J)William Wyler WWII documentary

Question 9

In 1948,the federal government successfully concluded an antitrust action that divested the major companies of their theater chains.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following did not contribute to Hollywood's loss of profitability after World War II?

Accepted Answer

A) anti-trust action against the majors 
B) bad movies 
C) television 
D) HUAC investigations 
A) anti-trust action against the majors 
B) bad movies 
C) television 
D) HUAC investigations

Question 11

Matching
-the existential loner ___

Accepted Answer

A) Orson Welles' film 
B) Katharine Hepburn 
C) Disney classic animated feature 
D) Humphrey Bogart 
E) Double Indemnity showed his expressionistic leanings
F)like neorealism in technique
G)The Asphalt Jungle,a world of shadows
H)The Palm Beach Story
I)Sturges' film badly recut by Howard Hughes
J)William Wyler WWII documentary 
A) Orson Welles' film 
B) Katharine Hepburn 
C) Disney classic animated feature 
D) Humphrey Bogart 
E) Double Indemnity showed his expressionistic leanings
F)like neorealism in technique
G)The Asphalt Jungle,a world of shadows
H)The Palm Beach Story
I)Sturges' film badly recut by Howard Hughes
J)William Wyler WWII documentary

Question 12

Which of the following did not persuade filmmakers and audiences that there was more to life than they previously had thought?

Accepted Answer

A) World War II 
B) Surrealism 
C) Freudian psychology 
D) the Holocaust 
A) World War II 
B) Surrealism 
C) Freudian psychology 
D) the Holocaust

Question 13

Hollywood exempted itself from participation from World War II and made millions of dollars in the process.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following is true of John Huston's The Battle of San Pietro?

Accepted Answer

A) he used a hand-held camera 
B) he filmed body bags 
C) both a and b 
D) neither a nor b 
A) he used a hand-held camera 
B) he filmed body bags 
C) both a and b 
D) neither a nor b

Question 15

Were Warner Brothers cartoons or Disney cartoons more in keeping with the feelings of the times?

Accepted Answer

The question of whether Warner Brothers

Question 16

Why did a darker,more pessimistic kind of story (noir)come to popularity after the war?

Accepted Answer

The rise of the darker, more pessimistic

Question 17

John Huston early in his directing career showed a gift for multi-layered filmmaking. ___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following is true of female characters in Preston Sturges's movies?

Accepted Answer

A) They are shy and retiring. 
B) They are "eye candy." 
C) They are wily and manipulative. 
D) none of the above 
A) They are shy and retiring. 
B) They are "eye candy." 
C) They are wily and manipulative. 
D) none of the above

Question 19

Matching
-Preston Sturges ___

Accepted Answer

A) Orson Welles' film 
B) Katharine Hepburn 
C) Disney classic animated feature 
D) Humphrey Bogart 
E) Double Indemnity showed his expressionistic leanings
F)like neorealism in technique
G)The Asphalt Jungle,a world of shadows
H)The Palm Beach Story
I)Sturges' film badly recut by Howard Hughes
J)William Wyler WWII documentary 
A) Orson Welles' film 
B) Katharine Hepburn 
C) Disney classic animated feature 
D) Humphrey Bogart 
E) Double Indemnity showed his expressionistic leanings
F)like neorealism in technique
G)The Asphalt Jungle,a world of shadows
H)The Palm Beach Story
I)Sturges' film badly recut by Howard Hughes
J)William Wyler WWII documentary

Question 20

Social realism,developing concurrently with film noir,is,in technique,a great deal like

Accepted Answer

A) classic melodrama 
B) neorealism 
C) national epics 
D) slapstick comedy 
A) classic melodrama 
B) neorealism 
C) national epics 
D) slapstick comedy

Exam 8: American Cinema in the 1940s

Which classic dramatist did Welles increasingly turn to for inspiration as he aged?

The films that Ida Lupino made were concerned with

Matching -social realism ___

Many consider which of the following to be Billy Wilder's masterpiece?

Which of the following is true of a Disney-produced animated feature film?

Matching -Mad Wednesday ___

Preston Sturges's movies like All About Eve continued to reinforce the notion that success and happiness are the result of talent,clean living,and hard work.___

Matching -John Huston ___

In 1948,the federal government successfully concluded an antitrust action that divested the major companies of their theater chains.___

Which of the following did not contribute to Hollywood's loss of profitability after World War II?

Matching -the existential loner ___

Which of the following did not persuade filmmakers and audiences that there was more to life than they previously had thought?

Hollywood exempted itself from participation from World War II and made millions of dollars in the process.___

Which of the following is true of John Huston's The Battle of San Pietro?

Were Warner Brothers cartoons or Disney cartoons more in keeping with the feelings of the times?

Why did a darker,more pessimistic kind of story (noir)come to popularity after the war?

John Huston early in his directing career showed a gift for multi-layered filmmaking. ___

Which of the following is true of female characters in Preston Sturges's movies?

Matching -Preston Sturges ___

Social realism,developing concurrently with film noir,is,in technique,a great deal like

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