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1
What hotel in Colorado served as the inspiration for
The Shining
?
The Stanley, Estes Park
Elevation Hotel, Crested Butte
The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs
The Brown Palace, Denver
2
What is this scene satirizing (criticizing) ? Click
ALL
that apply.
Gay discos
Gay men
Homer's assumptions about "real men."
Homer's bigotry exposed in his worst nightmare.
3
Which literary element in
Rear Window
is most evident?
Characterization
Symbol
Point of View
Setting
4
Who directed
Eraserhead?
Alfred Hitchcock
Stanley Kubric
M. Night Shyamalan
David Lynch
5
Which is a recurring
motif
(as opposed to a symbol) in
The Sixth Sense
?
the color red
Cole's dad's glasses
the bumblebee pendant
6
Which is
NOT
associated with art films?
Focus is on the aesthetic
Experimental
Seeks big commercial profits
Attracts a small audience
7
What is this scene satirizing (criticizing) ?
Codes of Chivalry
Autonomous Collective
Enlightenment Principles
Divine Right of Kings
8
What is this scene satirizing (criticizing) ?
Codes of Chivalry
Divine Right of Kings
Enlightenment Ideals
Corruption of the Catholic Church
9
What does this scene from
Modern Times
symbolize?
"The factory worker" is a cog in the industrial machine.
"The factory worker's" job creates a wheel of insanity.
"The factory worker's" job is dangerous and exploitative.
10
Which of the following satisfies
ALL
of the criteria for being an
art film
?
Eraserhead
Psycho
The Sixth Sense
Sixteen Candles
11
What is the
climax
of
Psycho
?
When Marion is stabbed in the shower.
When Marion absconds with $40,000.
When Arbogast is stabbed on the stairs.
When Lila finds Mrs. Bates in the basement.
12
What does this scene from
The Red Balloon
most likely
symbolize
? Consider the story context.
That the spirit of hope and innocence is still alive.
That we can achieve our dreams and fly.
That the world is a good place, after all.
That we can rise above our enemies.
13
Who directed
The Breakfast Club
?
Alfred Hitchcock
David Lynch
John Hughes
Stanley Kubrick
14
What is the effect of the music upon these images from
The Shining
? Click
ALL
that apply.
Eerie
Menacing
Relaxing
Exalting
15
What features of German Expressionism does this frame-still
NOT
show?
Distorted images
Contrast between light and dark
Shadows
Soft, romantic lighting
16
The painter of this picture was a major influence on German Expressionism.
Edvard Munch
Wassily Kandinsky
Vincent van Gogh
Marc Chagall
17
The character of Long Duk Dong in
Sixteen Candles
is described best as
a protagonist
a stock character
a dynamic character
a round character
18
What is the
cultural significance
of this picture?
It is a scene from The Great Train Robbery (1905).
Proves that horses can lift ALL feet off the ground at once.
It is many shots of only one horse.
It was the 1st motion picture ever made in America (1878).
19
This is the
Femme Fatale
from which famous Film Noir?
Double Indemnity
Psycho
Rear Window
The Postman Always Rings Twice
20
Who directed
Nosferatu
?
Martin Heidegger
Albert Lamorisse
F. W. Murnau
Billy Wilder
21
Which is the
best
description of the
theme
,
overall
, in Kurosawa's
Dreams
?
We must live with nature and respect its boundaries.
Science is bad; nature is good.
Nature is powerful, and we should be fearful of it.
Obedience is always better than curiosity.
22
Which American industrial city served as the inspiration for
Eraserhead
?
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cleveland
23
Which director got his start in Vaudeville (stage comedy)?
Alfred Hitchcock
Buster Keaton
Charlie Chaplin
Tim Burton
24
From what early film was this image taken?
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1921)
Nosferatu (1922)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Frankenstein (1910)
25
In what part of the plot structure does this scene from
Psycho
take place?
The climax
The rising action
The exposition
The falling action
26
What kind of character is Jack Torrance from
The Shining
?
Static
Dynamic
Stock
Flat
27
Who directed
The Red Balloon
?
Billy Wilder
F. W. Murnau
M. Night Shyamalan
Albert Lamorisse
28
Expressionism is largely meant to
reflect the natural world as accurately as possible.
express the German way of thinking.
evoke and express emotion or a psychological state of mind.
29
Set in Post-WWII Paris, France
The Red Balloon
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Double Indemnity
Modern Times
30
Who directed both
Rear Window
and
Psycho
?
Tim Burton
David Lynch
Stanley Kubrick
Alfred Hitchcock
31
Who directed
Double Indemnity
?
Billy Wilder
Alfred Hitchcock
Charlie Chaplin
Stanley Kubrick
32
Who directed
Dreams
?
Ang Lee
Tim Burton
M. Night Shyamalan
Akira Kurosawa
33
Who directed
The Shining
?
Tim Burton
Alfred Hitchcock
John Hughes
Stanley Kubrick
34
Which film below do you rate as being the most interesting in terms of artistic achievement?
Eraserhead
Rear Window
The Sixth Sense
Dreams
35
From what film is this partial image taken?
Dracula
Frankenstein
Nosferatu
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
36
Which one of the following characters is
static
?
Marion Crane (Psycho)
Allison Reynolds (The Breakfast Club)
Norman Bates (Psycho)
Jeff Jeffries (Rear Window)
37
Which is
NOT
a
theme
in Chaplin’s
Modern Times
?
The Individual vs. Society
Man vs. Machine
The Perils of Industrial Society
Life & Death
38
Who directed
2001, A Space Odyssey
?
Akira Kurosawa
Alfred Hitchcock
David Lynch
Stanley Kubrick
39
When did
German Expressionism
emerge and develop?
1918-1933
1934-1945
1945-1960
40
Peepshow style device that captured moving pictures
Pictogram
Camera Obscura
Kinetoscope
Viewmaster
41
Which filmmaker today
most
overtly
demonstrates
the influences of German Expressionism?
M. Night Shyamalan
David Lynch
John Hughes
Tim Burton
42
Filmstrips coated in THIS substance made them more durable.
Aluminum
Plastic
Silicon
Celluloid
43
In which of the following films is this music used?
Psycho
The Sixth Sense
Lamb to the Slaughter
The Shining
44
The repeated use of a passage of
music
in film is called
The soundtrack
A refrain
A leitmotif
A theme
45
Which of the following is a characteristic of Film Noir? Click all that apply.
The protagonist is morally upright.
Typically involves one or more murders
The theme is often, "Crime does not pay."
The female lead is both victim and villain.
46
The arrangement of everything that appears in the screen frame is called
mise-en-scène
German Expressionism
the decorations
stage set
47
What imagery did David Lynch
NOT
use in
Eraserhead
to evoke a bleak world?
industrial sounds
fighting animals
black and white
grit, tar, and oily substances
48
Humor used to criticize an idea, a person, or an institution to improve society is called
Irony
Satire
Parody
Sarcasm
