Question 1

Matching
-Roberto Rossellini ___

Accepted Answer

A) won 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture 
B) a typical Nazi cinematic lie 
C) finest French film of the occupation 
D) superb political thriller with James Mason 
E) coined the term "neorealism"
F)Michael Powell film,very popular in America
G)film industry emerged intact
H)The Open City
I)best of "heroes of Mother Russia" films
J)won Best Actress award for The Rose Tattoo 
A) won 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture 
B) a typical Nazi cinematic lie 
C) finest French film of the occupation 
D) superb political thriller with James Mason 
E) coined the term "neorealism"
F)Michael Powell film,very popular in America
G)film industry emerged intact
H)The Open City
I)best of "heroes of Mother Russia" films
J)won Best Actress award for The Rose Tattoo

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

In oppressive political regimes like in

Question 3

Nazi propaganda films were efforts to depict conditions in Germany truthfully.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Matching
-The Red Shoes ___

Accepted Answer

A) won 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture 
B) a typical Nazi cinematic lie 
C) finest French film of the occupation 
D) superb political thriller with James Mason 
E) coined the term "neorealism"
F)Michael Powell film,very popular in America
G)film industry emerged intact
H)The Open City
I)best of "heroes of Mother Russia" films
J)won Best Actress award for The Rose Tattoo 
A) won 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture 
B) a typical Nazi cinematic lie 
C) finest French film of the occupation 
D) superb political thriller with James Mason 
E) coined the term "neorealism"
F)Michael Powell film,very popular in America
G)film industry emerged intact
H)The Open City
I)best of "heroes of Mother Russia" films
J)won Best Actress award for The Rose Tattoo

Question 5

Visconti's Ossessione,loosely based on The Postman Always Rings Twice,is said to

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

David Lean's film version of Dickens' Great Expectations preserves the major materials of the novel,but does so in cinematic terms.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Matching
-Children of Paradise ___

Accepted Answer

A) won 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture 
B) a typical Nazi cinematic lie 
C) finest French film of the occupation 
D) superb political thriller with James Mason 
E) coined the term "neorealism"
F)Michael Powell film,very popular in America
G)film industry emerged intact
H)The Open City
I)best of "heroes of Mother Russia" films
J)won Best Actress award for The Rose Tattoo 
A) won 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture 
B) a typical Nazi cinematic lie 
C) finest French film of the occupation 
D) superb political thriller with James Mason 
E) coined the term "neorealism"
F)Michael Powell film,very popular in America
G)film industry emerged intact
H)The Open City
I)best of "heroes of Mother Russia" films
J)won Best Actress award for The Rose Tattoo

Question 8

Matching
-America ___

Accepted Answer

A) won 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture 
B) a typical Nazi cinematic lie 
C) finest French film of the occupation 
D) superb political thriller with James Mason 
E) coined the term "neorealism"
F)Michael Powell film,very popular in America
G)film industry emerged intact
H)The Open City
I)best of "heroes of Mother Russia" films
J)won Best Actress award for The Rose Tattoo 
A) won 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture 
B) a typical Nazi cinematic lie 
C) finest French film of the occupation 
D) superb political thriller with James Mason 
E) coined the term "neorealism"
F)Michael Powell film,very popular in America
G)film industry emerged intact
H)The Open City
I)best of "heroes of Mother Russia" films
J)won Best Actress award for The Rose Tattoo

Question 9

British actors of the 1940s were trained in all the following except

Accepted Answer

A) direction 
B) diction 
C) dancing 
D) dialects 
A) direction 
B) diction 
C) dancing 
D) dialects

Question 10

Which of the following American actors starred in Luchino Visconti's The Leopard?

Accepted Answer

A) Kirk Douglas 
B) Burt Lancaster 
C) Robert Mitchum 
D) Raymond Burr 
A) Kirk Douglas 
B) Burt Lancaster 
C) Robert Mitchum 
D) Raymond Burr

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

Carol Reed's movies of the 1940s, such a

Question 12

The few French directors who remained in France during the war concentrated on making period and fantasy films.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Matching
-Umberto Barbero ___

Accepted Answer

A) won 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture 
B) a typical Nazi cinematic lie 
C) finest French film of the occupation 
D) superb political thriller with James Mason 
E) coined the term "neorealism"
F)Michael Powell film,very popular in America
G)film industry emerged intact
H)The Open City
I)best of "heroes of Mother Russia" films
J)won Best Actress award for The Rose Tattoo 
A) won 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture 
B) a typical Nazi cinematic lie 
C) finest French film of the occupation 
D) superb political thriller with James Mason 
E) coined the term "neorealism"
F)Michael Powell film,very popular in America
G)film industry emerged intact
H)The Open City
I)best of "heroes of Mother Russia" films
J)won Best Actress award for The Rose Tattoo

Question 14

Olivier's film version of Hamlet was a technically amateurish production since Olivier's passion was live theater.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

Italian neorealism was a film movement t

Question 16

David Lean's filmmaking style includes which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) no class consciousness 
B) a single dominant acting star 
C) well written scripts 
D) low-quality production 
A) no class consciousness 
B) a single dominant acting star 
C) well written scripts 
D) low-quality production

Question 17

French postwar movie making suffered from

Accepted Answer

A) lack of capital. 
B) outmoded equipment. 
C) limited studio space. 
D) all of the above. 
A) lack of capital. 
B) outmoded equipment. 
C) limited studio space. 
D) all of the above.

Question 18

Which of the following is true about Italian neorealism?

Accepted Answer

A) focused on ordinary people,played by non-professional actors 
B) stories were loose and episodic and filmed on actual locations,often outdoors 
C) both a and b 
D) neither a nor b 
A) focused on ordinary people,played by non-professional actors 
B) stories were loose and episodic and filmed on actual locations,often outdoors 
C) both a and b 
D) neither a nor b

Question 19

The children referred to in Marcel Carné 's Children of Paradise are

Accepted Answer

A) naively hopeful characters 
B) low-class theater patrons 
C) neither of the above 
D) both of the above 
A) naively hopeful characters 
B) low-class theater patrons 
C) neither of the above 
D) both of the above

Question 20

The favorite American movies of Josef Stalin were gangster movies.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 9: European Cinema in the 1940s

Matching -Roberto Rossellini ___

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

Nazi propaganda films were efforts to depict conditions in Germany truthfully.___

Matching -The Red Shoes ___

Visconti's Ossessione,loosely based on The Postman Always Rings Twice,is said to

David Lean's film version of Dickens' Great Expectations preserves the major materials of the novel,but does so in cinematic terms.___

Matching -Children of Paradise ___

Matching -America ___

British actors of the 1940s were trained in all the following except

Which of the following American actors starred in Luchino Visconti's The Leopard?

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

The few French directors who remained in France during the war concentrated on making period and fantasy films.___

Matching -Umberto Barbero ___

Olivier's film version of Hamlet was a technically amateurish production since Olivier's passion was live theater.___

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

David Lean's filmmaking style includes which one of the following?

French postwar movie making suffered from

Which of the following is true about Italian neorealism?

The children referred to in Marcel Carné 's Children of Paradise are

The favorite American movies of Josef Stalin were gangster movies.___

Beginnings

Griffith and His Contemporaries: 19081920

American Cinema in the 1920s

European Cinema in the 1920s

The Hollywood Studio System: 1925-1955

American Cinema in the 1930s

European Cinema in the 1930s

American Cinema in the 1940s

American Cinema in the 1950s

International Cinema in the 1950s

American Cinema in the 1960s

International Cinema in the 1960s

American Cinema in the 1970s

International Cinema in the 1970s

American Cinema in the 1980s

International Cinema in the 1980s

American Cinema in the 1990s

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American Cinema Since 2000

International Cinema Since 2000

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