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What was the effect of the Blum-Byrnes Agreement of 1946?
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| | A) | French producers received government subsidies
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| | B) | a tax on movie theater admissions was implemented
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| | C) | the French film industry was nationalized
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| | D) | American imports to France increased dramatically
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Which of the following does not describe the French Tradition of Quality?
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| | A) | the scriptwriter was considered the creative equal of the director
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| | B) | performers came from the theater
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| | C) | location shooting
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| | D) | heavy romanticism
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Which director in the postwar French cinema was known for his elaborate camera movements, controversial sexual subject matter, episodic narration, and reflexivity?
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| | A) | Jean Renoir
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| | B) | Max Ophuls
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| | C) | Henri-Georges Clouzot
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| | D) | Rene Clair
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Which postwar French director, who was also a writer and visual artist, made self-consciously "poetic" films drawing on mythology and fairy-tales? |
| | A) | Jean Renoir |
| | B) | Jean Cocteau |
| | C) | Jacques Becker |
| | D) | Jean-Pierre Melville |
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Which postwar French director who experimented with cinematic style and narration made a series or gangster or cop films inspired by American cinema and culture?
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| | A) | Jean Renoir
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| | B) | Jean Cocteau
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| | C) | Jacques Becker
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| | D) | Jean-Pierre Melville
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Which of the following was not an important influence on postwar Scandinavian directors such as Carl Theodor Dreyer and Alf Sjoberg?
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| | A) | German Expressionism
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| | B) | Scandinavian theater
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| | C) | religious faith
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| | D) | Italian Neorealism
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Which of the following does not characterize the British film industry after World War II? |
| | A) | Hollywood films dominated British screens |
| | B) | Britain had a quota requiring a certain percentage of screenings in Britain to be British films |
| | C) | the British government subsidized film production |
| | D) | there was much competition between many small, independent firms, with no vertical integration or monopolistic control of the industry |
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Which eccentric filmmakers created their own production company, The Archers, to make their unusual films, some of which use sumptuous color cinematography to capture ballet performances?
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| | A) | Lean and Guiness
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| | B) | Powell and Rank
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| | C) | Powell and Pressburger
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| | D) | Guiness and Rank
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With what genre is Ealing studios most often associated?
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| | A) | musical
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| | B) | comedy
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| | C) | melodrama
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| | D) | literary adaptation
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What form of film exhibition gained British films success with American audiences in the late 1940s?
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| | A) | roadshows
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| | B) | drive-ins
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| | C) | art houses
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| | D) | television
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education