Question 1

As David Cook explains in A History of Narrative Film, there is a complexity of subject matter in film that is rivaled only by

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A)   photography
B)   architecture
C)   sculpture
D)   literature D

Question 2

According to the text, why is the structure of Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter both problematic and successful? Use specific detail. What allusion does Cimino use that insures the success of his film?

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Question 3

According to the text, what makes The Godfather an impressive achievement?

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A)   its glorification of the mafia
B)   its dehumanization of its characters
C)   its anachronistic use of music
D)   its ambiguity

Question 4

During the silent film years, films usually were shown

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A)   in a theater that was completely silent
B)   to the accompaniment of carefully coordinated music
C)   while a narrator contributed a running explanation
D)   with the dialogue being read by live actors in the theater

Question 5

Which is a shot in which the camera moves forward, backward, or sidewise?

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A)   close-up
B)   long shot
C)   recessional shot
D)   tracking shot

Question 6

Which of the following films introduced sound?

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A)   Jazz Singer
B)   Birth of a Nation
C)   The Great Train Robbery
D)   Citizen Kane

Question 7

Who puts the shots in order after filming of a movie is finished?

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A)   the director
B)   the producer
C)   the editor
D)   the scriptwriter

Question 8

Which of the following is preeminent in film?

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A)   the moving image
B)   the still image
C)   the sound
D)   technical achievement

Question 9

Federico Fellini's 8 ½ is notable for its

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A)   use of a continuous narrative structure
B)   use of episodic streams of consciousness in the sequences
C)   creative use of sound
D)   power as a silent film

Question 10

Which of the following is a sequence of images dramatically connected but physically disconnected?

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A)   cut-in
B)   montage
C)   wipe
D)   graphic match

Question 11

According to the text, identifying with a character is

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A)   silly
B)   for film critics only
C)   self-realization
D)   a kind of participation

Question 12

Which of the following provides a model for Cimino's The Deer Hunter?

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A)   Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
B)   Dante's Divine Comedy
C)   Conrad's Heart of Darkness
D)   Milton's Paradise Lost

Question 13

According to the text, the best participation with a film

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A)   entertains the viewer
B)   encourages the viewer to identify with the leading character
C)   enables the viewer to evaluate the filmic techniques
D)   reveals or informs content through form D

Question 14

Which of the following is a signature of Citizen Kane?

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A)   long shots
B)   crane shots
C)   close-ups
D)   hand-held shots

Question 15

Two early film directors who did their own editing were:

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A)   Serge Eisenstein and D. W. Griffith
B)   George Clooney and Angelina Jolie
C)   Lee Jacobus and Regina Barreca
D)   Ridley Scott and Janet Leigh A

Question 16

Which of the following moves abruptly from one shot to the next, with no preparation and often with a shock?

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A)   continuity cut
B)   jump cut
C)   dissolve
D)   fade

Exam 12: Cinema

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Which of the following films introduced sound?

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Which of the following is preeminent in film?

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Which of the following is a sequence of images dramatically connected but physically disconnected?

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