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National Cinema, Hollywood Classicism, and World War I, 1905-1919
Multiple Choice
1
What effect did World War I have on the international film industry?
A)
It cut Hollywood off from European exports
B)
It gave Hollywood its first opportunity to export films internationally
C)
It allowed Hollywood to increase its international exports
D)
It allowed for more European films to be exported to Hollywood
2
Which of the following does
not
characterize cinema in the later 1910s?
A)
Hollywood stars were internationally famous
B)
Hollywood films had higher average budgets than films from other nations
C)
Hollywood films were cheap to export and were able to undercut local national production
D)
Hollywood films depended on exports to cover production costs
3
What were
Autorenfilme
?
A)
German films in which the director was given prominence
B)
German films in which the script or source material came from a well-known author
C)
A subgenre of films often starring the Danish actress Asta Nielsen
D)
Danish films banned in Germany after officials concluded they were anti-German
4
Which of the following was not a production trend in 1910s cinema?
A)
Serials such as those of French director Louis Feuillade
B)
Italian epics featuring strong-man characters
C)
British trick films using innovative editing effects
D)
Melancholic Russian melodramas with tragic endings
5
Which country became known for its diva films?
A)
Italy
B)
Germany
C)
France
D)
Russia
6
What Swedish filmmaker directed
Erotikon
, often credited as the first sophisticated sex comedy?
A)
Georg Af Klercker
B)
Victor Sjöström
C)
Mauritz Stiller
D)
Benjamin Christensen
7
Which of the following best characterizes the films of the Swedish director Victor Sjöström?
A)
urbane wit
B)
use of richly detailed sets
C)
adaptations of Swedish novelist Selma Lagerlöf
D)
depth staging and mastery of shooting in natural landscapes
8
What industrial strategy was most important in the formation of the major Hollywood studios in the 1910s?
A)
vertical integration of film production, distribution and exhibition
B)
maximizing revenue from film exhibition
C)
maximizing revenue from film production
D)
moving production from the east coast to southern California
9
Which of the following was
not
typical in filmmaking in Hollywood during the 1910s?
A)
"effects" lighting
B)
intercutting
C)
shot/reverse shot editing
D)
precision staging in depth
10
What American Civil War epic film was simultaneously praised for its artistic achievement and denounced for its racism?
A)
The Clansman
B)
The Birth of a Nation
C)
Intolerance
D)
Civilization
11
Which of the following descriptions best characterizes the 1910s films of Charlie Chaplin?
A)
zany slapstick comedy full of bumbling policemen chasing crooks
B)
westerns about a world-weary cowboy redeemed by love
C)
romantic comedies set in sophisticated society
D)
slapstick comedies featuring fights and chases but with an element of pathos
12
What is the slash system of animation?
A)
the mechanical printing of backgrounds
B)
redrawing only the moving portion of a figure
C)
drawings of figures on a sheet of transparent celluloid
D)
a system of dividing labor among different artists in an animation studio
13
Which of the following descriptions best characterizes filmmaking in smaller producing countries in the 1910s?
A)
Many smaller producing countries built large studio complexes and spent lavishly to attempt to compete with Hollywood, though few succeeded
B)
Few countries outside of Western Europe and the United States made films during these years
C)
Films made in smaller producing countries tended to be shot on location and to draw upon national traditions
D)
Smaller producing countries tried to imitate Hollywood cinema as closely as possible but lacked the technical resources and expertise to succeed
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