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Film Noir and Society Quiz
Film Noir and Society Quiz
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This is to prepare students for the 3.4 external exam.
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1
Name the character type that was a direct influence on the Femme Fatale character?
The Seductress
Vampira
Femme Noir
The Vamp
2
Which artistic technique from the Renaissance is most linked with Film Noir lighting?
Baroque
Chiaroscuro
Giornata
Intonaco
3
Which word below best describes the meaning of "Straight down the line" in "Double Indemnity?"
Cynicism
Fear
Fatalism
Epiphany
4
What
is not
associated with postwar American anxiety?
The Cold War
The economy for returning soldiers
Feminism
Nuclear Arms Race
5
Which of these guidelines
was not
in the Hays Code from 1930?
Obscenity is forbidden
Gun violence is banned
The use of the flag shall be respected
No film should ridicule religious faith
6
Which factor most influenced the structure of Film Noir narratives?
American network radio
Hollywood gangster films
Social anxiety
Pulp fiction novels
7
The German film "Metropolis" reflects the cultural fear of which of these developments?
Marxism
Gambling
Urbanization
Escalators
8
Identify the director of "The Killers."
Robert Bergiac
Orson Welles
Sid Moore
Robert Siodmak
9
Who is the flawed anti-hero in this scene?
Jeff
Robert
Chico
Walter
10
This film, "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari," is an example of what movement?
Abstract Expressionism
German Expressionism
German Socialism
New Romanticsm
11
Which of the following influences on Film Noir would be most suited to this image?
Cynicism about law and government
Anxiety about modern life
True crime fiction
Hollywood studio system
12
Which Hollywood film genre
did not
influence Film Noir?
Gangster films
Murder Mysteries
Horror movies
Neo-Noir
13
What does this image from the 1950's most reflect?
Consumer culture
The pressure in society to return to normal
The clean revolution
The new feminism
14
What aspect of Film Noir did the image below influence?
Film Noir Narratives
Representation of Women
Social Anxiety
Dark Worldview
15
What Film Noir convention is missing from this clip?
Extreme Camera Angles
Low Key Lighting
Femme Fatale
Corrupt Environment
16
The images below are associated most with what historical event?
Industrial Revolution
World War II
Cold War
Women gaining the right to vote
17
Which factor best explains the decline and fall of Film Noir?
Decline of Hollywood
Postwar optimism
Rise of European cinema
Television
18
Who wrote the classic Noir novels, "Double Indemnity" and "The Postman Always Rings Twice?"
Dean R. Cane
Orson Welles
Raymond Chandler
James M. Cain
19
What ended the practice of block booking for Hollywood movie studios?
Government law
Supreme Court ruling
The Hays Code
The March on Hollywood
20
What does this image relate to in American history?
The Hays Code
Budweiser
Prohibition
The Great Depression