Feb 2, 2009

Create Your Own Exam

For this week's posting, create a multiple-choice question for Exam 1.

See the class website for sample questions from previous exams.

24 comments:

  1. Silent films often had the accompaniment of...
    A. Narrators
    B. Music
    C. Sound Effects
    D. All of the Above

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  2. The Hardest Exam Question in the World!

    During the time of "Transitional Cinema," the French film industry faced problems that made them vulnerable to their American counterparts. These problems included all except:

    A. Impure Quality
    B. Cultural Differences
    C. The attractiveness of French actors/actresses
    D. Immorality

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  3. 1.What year did Charlie Chaplin start his owen production company?
    A.1977
    B.1928
    C.1918
    D.1927

    2. Famous Players-Lusky corporation was ran by who?
    A.Adolph Zukor's
    B.Joseph M Schenck
    C.Rudolph Valentino

    3.The aspect ratios withd and height are?
    A.1:45:1
    B.1:33:1
    C.1:85:1
    D.B and C

    4.During early cinema Spinkler Spinkle was note for what?
    A. Comedy
    B. Close up shoot
    C. First narative
    D. First film

    5. A trip to the moon has which odf the following film styles?
    A.Overlapping action
    B.piont of view
    C.sound
    D. a and B

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  4. test question

    What Major event caused European film success to plummet?

    A.World War 2
    B.Vietnam War
    C.World War 1
    D.Importing and Exporting

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  5. Which film-maker used stationary cameras and shot distance as their defining styles?

    A. Sergei Eisenstein
    B. Lev Kuleshov
    C. Lumieres Bro.
    D. George Melies

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  6. Of the following, which was a concern of the star system?

    A. exploiting physical attributes
    B. creating and maintaining star image
    C. metaphors of slavery and prostitution
    D. Both A and B

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  7. In which movie did Buster Keaton severely fracture his neck?

    A) The General
    B) Sherlock, Jr.
    C) Our Hospitality
    D) The Navigator
    E) Buster Keaton never fractured his neck

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  8. Which film is a land mark German Expressionist film?

    A) Strike
    B) The Mirror
    C) Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
    D) Battleship Potemkin

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  9. Which of these is not a theme in German Expressionism.

    A. Overbearing Father
    B. Broken Families
    C. Wonderful Childhood
    D. Jealousy

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  10. What stands out in better with stair scene from The Untouchables from the stair scene from Battleship Potemkin?
    A. Clearer view of time
    B. Reality of the Baby in the Carriage
    C. Use of extras
    D. Quicker deaths

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  11. Which of these films do NOT contain film-tinting?

    A. Strike!
    B. The Lonedale Operator
    C. The Great Train Robbery
    D. Serpentine Dance

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  12. The Sprinkler Sprinkled was released in what year?
    A.1893
    B.1894
    C.1895
    D.1896

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  13. The first true American comedy star was...

    a)Buster Keaton
    b)Charlie Chaplin
    c)John Bunny
    d)Harry Langdon

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  14. Which comic star created the character know as The Little Tramp?
    A) Harold Lloyd
    B) Buster Keaton
    C) Charlie Chaplin
    D) Andre Deed

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  15. Which three countries were the strongest exporters of films, dominating the international market, before the First World War?

    A)France, Italy, U.S.
    B)France, Italy, Denmark
    C)Italy, Britain, Germany
    D)France, Germany, Denmark

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  16. Which movie below, was Buster Keaton NOT in?

    A) THE GENERAL (1926)
    B) SHERLOCK JR. (1924)
    C) THE KID (1921)
    D) COLLEGE (1927)

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  17. Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin differ in the sense that:

    a. Buster Keaton was young, and Charlie Chaplin was old.

    b. Chaplin fractured his neck in a stunt, and Keaton did not do his own stunts.

    c. Keaton uses and embraces technology, while Chaplin opposed it.

    d. Keaton made comedys, and Chaplin made horror films.

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  18. Which branch of the United States Government was keeping watch on Charlie Chaplin?

    A. CIA
    B. DEA
    C. FBI
    D. IRS

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  19. LIFE OF AN AMERICAN FIREMAN (1902) exhibited significantly which editing style feature during the rescue?

    A. Cross-Cutting
    B. Overlapping
    C. POV Shot
    D. Vision Scene

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  20. Which film is best described as a soviet montage?

    a. Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
    b. Strike
    c. The General
    d. The Lonedale Operator

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  21. In what years did transitional cinema take place?
    A) 1895 - 1906
    B) 1907 - 1910
    C) 1911 - 1931
    D) 1932 - 1944

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  22. LONEDALE OPERATOR is known for its POV shots, the breaking down of shots, and __________

    a. overlapping editing
    b. establishing shots
    c. parallel editing
    d. invisible editing

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  23. United Artists was founded on January 15, 1919 by…

    a. Buster Keaton, Greta Garbo, George Zukor, and D.W. Griffith

    b. George Zukor, Steve Carrell, Max Linder, D.W. Griffith

    c. Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, D.W. Griffith

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  24. What are the differences between soviet montage and classic HW cinema and how did they come to be so different?

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