Question 1

In the postwar period, the film import market in the U.S. was consistently dominated by films from:

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England

Question 2

Lew Wasserman, the legendary MCA agent, made common the practice of:

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Demanding percentages of grosses or profits on behalf of a film's star

Question 3

Hollywood studios capitalized on the emergence of television in all of the following ways EXCEPT

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Purchasing the broadcast networks

Question 4

Color films produced by Hollywood during the 1950s were likely to feature:

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Shallow Focus imagery

Question 5

The Cinerama process

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Yielded a sprawling image with an aspect ratio of 2.59:1 on a curved 146-degree screen

Question 6

The Cinemascope Process

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Became one of the most popular widescreen systems because it utilized the 35mm film

Question 7

Some films produced by independent companies were nicknamed "exploitation pictures" because:

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They cashed in on topical or sensational subjects that could be 'exploited'

Question 8

After the Paramount decision, the smaller Hollywood studios could compete better with the Majors by:

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Make bigger budget films

Question 9

In the immediate post-World war II period, U.S. government assisted film export through Commerce Department initiatives and diplomatic pressures because it saw American films as:

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Increasingly too complex for American audiences

Question 10

Because a number of American films made in the 1950s depended on special projection equipment, distributors revived a tactic occasionally used for special films since the silent era, known as:

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Roadshowing

Question 11

As interpreted by stage and film director Elia Kazan, the acting "method" pioneered by the Russian Konstantin Stanislavsky required the actor:

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To ground the performance in personal experience

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic figure or narrative situation in the American films of director Alfred Hitchcock?

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Cynical erotic comedy

Question 13

Considered the most visible director of his generation, which of the following is the director of The Quiet Man (1952)

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John Ford

Question 14

Which of the following Science Fiction titles from the 1950s features a town overrun by pods and cloned citizens?

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The Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Question 15

Which genre had lain untouched since the 1920s and 30s until Cecil B. DeMille revived it in 1949 with Samson and Delilah?

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The Historical Epic

Question 16

Of the American directors specializing in melodramas, comedies and musicals, Vincente Minnelli and George Cukor stand out for their shrewd use of:

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Long takes

Question 17

Which of the following was NOT an incentive for European producers from different countries to join forces through coproduction?

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Co-productions were typically immune from state censorship out of deference to differing standards in each partner country

Question 18

Hollywood's objective in Europe following the end of World War II was to:

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Make each country's domestic industry strong enough to support the large-scale distribution of American films

Question 19

The Italian Neorealist filmmakers often used non-actors in central roles, in the manner of:

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Soviet Montage

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT one of the three stylistic and formal features of post-war modernism set out in Bordwell and Thompson?

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Omnipotent Realism

Question 21

The three stylistic and formal features of post-war modernism encouraged viewers to actively participate in creating meaning in the film. What is the central of effect this?

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Modernist Ambiguity

Question 22

The Arriflex would, in the post-war era, become the standard nonstudio:

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35mm camera

Question 23

The plot structure of Italian Neo-realist films is perhaps best described as:

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Episodic

Question 24

The phrase 'Italian Spring' refers to:

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The rebirth of Italy based on ideas implemented by a coalition government of left-liberal Italian parties

Question 25

Italy's Andreotti Law of 1949 effectively created preproduction film censorship by:

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Providing loans to production firms that submitted film scripts with an apolitical slant

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