Chapter Quizzes 7B Pasadena City College CINE

CHAP1: 10/10

1. Who was the "lone wolf" American inventor who received many of the early patents for television technology?
Nicola Tesla
Philo T. Farnsworth

Vladimir Zworykin Thomas Edison

2. Vladimir Zworykin began his American career as an engineer for the Westinghouse company in Pittsburgh. Eventually he was allowed to follow his interest in television by being traded to another company. What was the name of that company?

General Electric
Philco Television
Westinghouse
Radio Corporation of America

3. What were the "big three" early television networks? Group of answer choices
MTV, NBC and CBS
CBS, NBC and ABC

Dumont, PBS and NBC PBS, CBS and NBC

4. Which of the following was not a promise contained in the "G I Bill of Rights"?
Loans for new homes
Training for Commercial Pilots Licenses

Money for a College Degree Loans for small businesses

5. What was the result of the Paramount Consent Decree?
The major studios were forced to sell off their film rental companies. None of the others answers.
The major studios were forced to sell their production studios.
The major studios were forced to sell the theaters they owned.

6. In 1952 Meriam C. Cooper introduced a new wide screen movie format. What was it called?
Group of answer choices
Super Panavision

Cinerama

Cinemascope VistaVision

7. What was the first film made with the Super Panavision 70 format?

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Oklahoma
Around the World in 80 Days The Robe
The Big Fisherman

8. What was the first Three Dimension film of the fifties?

Bwana Devil

Around the World in 80 Days The House of Wax
South Pacific

9. The Technicolor company enjoyed dominance in the movie industry until a much less expensive technology was developed. What was the name of the new film?
Eastmancolor 5250

Fugicolor Kodachrome Gaumont Color

10. Who was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of CBS (The Columbia Broadcasting System)?
David Sarnoff
Michael Eisner

William S. Paley

Michael Goodsen

1. What is the name of the congressional committee that investigated Communism in the movie industry?
Group of answer choices
The Senate Anti-Communism Committee

The House Un-American Activities Committee

The House Anti-Communist Committee
The Senate Un-American Activities Committee

CHAP2: 8/10

2. What is the name of the production company founded by John Ford and Meriam C. Cooper?
Group of answer choices
Republic Pictures

Lone Star Productions

Argosy Pictures

Universal

3. What film earned John his Fourth and final Academy Award. Group of answer choices
The Quiet Man

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The Horse Soldiers Mr. Roberts
The Searchers

4. Which director wrote and directed the film, Ace in the Hole? Group of answer choices
Alfred Hitchcock
Cecil B. De Mille

Howard Hawks Billy Wilder

5. Who directed the fifties remake of he 1925 hit film, Ben Hur? Group of answer choices
Anthony Mann
Alfred Hitchcock

Howard Hawks William Wyler

6. Who directed the film, Baby Doll? Group of answer choices
Howard Hawks
George Stevens

Elia Kazan Billy Wilder

7. What established director began his career as an editor, most notably, editing Citizen Kane?
Group of answer choices
John Ford

Robert Wise Elia Kazan Billy Wilder

8. Which of the following is not an example of movies aimed at Teen-agers?

Group of answer choices Earth vs. the Spider Dracula
Live Fast, Die Young King Creole

9. Which of the following is not among the rising stars of the fifties? Group of answer choices
Jack Lemon
Doris Day

Kirk Douglas Bette Davis

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CHAP3: 10/10

10. Which of the following is not an example of the elements of Film Noir?

Group of answer choices Femme Fatales Expressionistic visual style Colorful Villains

Hopeful stories with happy endings

1. What film movement begins with the film, Roma: Citta Aperta (Rome: Open City)?
Group of answer choices
Film Noir

Surrealism

Italian Neorealism

Expressionism

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