CIN 101 QUIZ QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
During the 1920s, descriptions of German Expressionist films often referred to the sets
as: - Answers - "acting."
The documentary form was particularly important in the Soviet Union; there all three
types of documentary—exoticism, recording of reality, and compilation—found
expression. - Answers - True
German Expressionist films emphasize the composition of individual shots to an
exceptional degree. - Answers - True
The idea that cooperation between European film industries could lead to more profit,
increased budgets, improved production values, and eventually a healthy competition
with American films in other world markets was gradually formulated as the "pan-
European" cinema, or "Film Europe." - Answers - True
Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie (1928), starring Mickey Mouse, was first shown in a test
screening using live sound effects. Later, the production team created a synchronized
soundtrack for wider release. - Answers - True
Early silent film avoided adaptations of famous operas and Shakespearean plays. The
absence of sound made such subject-matter impossible to adapt. - Answers - False
In German Expressionist films, the narrative often pauses or slows briefly when: -
Answers - elements of mise-en-scène align into eye-catching compositions.
Many early westerns were filmed on the outskirts of New York City. - Answers - True
Which of the following was NOT a tactic used by European producers in the middle
1920s to make European films more competitive internationally? - Answers - films
stressing the distinctly national qualities of the producing country
Which of the following is NOT true of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, the first German
Expressionist film? - Answers - The film exploited the Kuleshov effect by combining
newsreel and staged footage.
Which of the following was NOT a main tendency in the documentary features of the
late silent era? - Answers - the historical biography
German Expressionists favored extreme distortion to express an inner emotional reality
rather than surface appearances. - Answers - True
, One of the significant factors in the decline of German Expressionist cinema was: -
Answers - the departure of Expressionist filmmakers to Hollywood.
Which of the following was NOT an early silent film genre? - Answers - Comic book
films
Which of the following is true of the characteristics of German Expressionist films? -
Answers - Expressionist acting was deliberately exaggerated to match the style of the
settings.
________ was the name of the practice in which studios forced exhibitors to agree to
buy many other films from a studio in order to get the rights to show the most high-
profile features. - Answers - Block booking
What set of films booked large American theaters and charged much higher ticket
prices than usual, thus inspiring D.W. Griffith to do the same with Birth of a Nation in
1915? - Answers - Italian Epics
Which experimental narrative film featured the contributions of Gregg Toland and
Slavko Vorkapich, both of whom went on to highly successful careers in the American
commercial film industry? - Answers - The Life and Death of 9413—a Hollywood Extra
Around what date did nickelodeons start to appear? - Answers - 1908
Surrealist films such as Luis Buñuel's Un Chien andalou aimed to: - Answers - tell
stories that followed the inexplicable logic of dreams.
Progressive Era reformers often used health concerns as an excuse to monitor and
close down crowded nickelodeons in minority neighborhoods - Answers - True
What best describes the experience of seeing a film in the late 1890s and early 1900s?
- Answers - City-dwellers might see a film in between music and comedy acts at a
vaudeville show, while in the countryside traveling projectionists would provide fleeting
opportunities for locals to catch a film.
Which of the following was NOT a feature of the release of Birth of a Nation in 1915? -
Answers - it was shown in 1000s of nickelodeons across the country in a huge opening
night to capitalize on the hype.
Many of the earliest experimental films were made by modernist artists already
established in other media. - Answers - True
Which of the following was NOT a "sound" feature that could be found in the earliest
years of silent film? - Answers - Phonographs that played a record synchronized to the
film.
During the 1920s, descriptions of German Expressionist films often referred to the sets
as: - Answers - "acting."
The documentary form was particularly important in the Soviet Union; there all three
types of documentary—exoticism, recording of reality, and compilation—found
expression. - Answers - True
German Expressionist films emphasize the composition of individual shots to an
exceptional degree. - Answers - True
The idea that cooperation between European film industries could lead to more profit,
increased budgets, improved production values, and eventually a healthy competition
with American films in other world markets was gradually formulated as the "pan-
European" cinema, or "Film Europe." - Answers - True
Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie (1928), starring Mickey Mouse, was first shown in a test
screening using live sound effects. Later, the production team created a synchronized
soundtrack for wider release. - Answers - True
Early silent film avoided adaptations of famous operas and Shakespearean plays. The
absence of sound made such subject-matter impossible to adapt. - Answers - False
In German Expressionist films, the narrative often pauses or slows briefly when: -
Answers - elements of mise-en-scène align into eye-catching compositions.
Many early westerns were filmed on the outskirts of New York City. - Answers - True
Which of the following was NOT a tactic used by European producers in the middle
1920s to make European films more competitive internationally? - Answers - films
stressing the distinctly national qualities of the producing country
Which of the following is NOT true of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, the first German
Expressionist film? - Answers - The film exploited the Kuleshov effect by combining
newsreel and staged footage.
Which of the following was NOT a main tendency in the documentary features of the
late silent era? - Answers - the historical biography
German Expressionists favored extreme distortion to express an inner emotional reality
rather than surface appearances. - Answers - True
, One of the significant factors in the decline of German Expressionist cinema was: -
Answers - the departure of Expressionist filmmakers to Hollywood.
Which of the following was NOT an early silent film genre? - Answers - Comic book
films
Which of the following is true of the characteristics of German Expressionist films? -
Answers - Expressionist acting was deliberately exaggerated to match the style of the
settings.
________ was the name of the practice in which studios forced exhibitors to agree to
buy many other films from a studio in order to get the rights to show the most high-
profile features. - Answers - Block booking
What set of films booked large American theaters and charged much higher ticket
prices than usual, thus inspiring D.W. Griffith to do the same with Birth of a Nation in
1915? - Answers - Italian Epics
Which experimental narrative film featured the contributions of Gregg Toland and
Slavko Vorkapich, both of whom went on to highly successful careers in the American
commercial film industry? - Answers - The Life and Death of 9413—a Hollywood Extra
Around what date did nickelodeons start to appear? - Answers - 1908
Surrealist films such as Luis Buñuel's Un Chien andalou aimed to: - Answers - tell
stories that followed the inexplicable logic of dreams.
Progressive Era reformers often used health concerns as an excuse to monitor and
close down crowded nickelodeons in minority neighborhoods - Answers - True
What best describes the experience of seeing a film in the late 1890s and early 1900s?
- Answers - City-dwellers might see a film in between music and comedy acts at a
vaudeville show, while in the countryside traveling projectionists would provide fleeting
opportunities for locals to catch a film.
Which of the following was NOT a feature of the release of Birth of a Nation in 1915? -
Answers - it was shown in 1000s of nickelodeons across the country in a huge opening
night to capitalize on the hype.
Many of the earliest experimental films were made by modernist artists already
established in other media. - Answers - True
Which of the following was NOT a "sound" feature that could be found in the earliest
years of silent film? - Answers - Phonographs that played a record synchronized to the
film.
