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11/16/2024 10:16 AM
MCOMM 224 Midterm Exam Questions
With Correct Answers.
The actress who frequently starred in D.W. Griffith films - answer✔Gish
T/F The most common length of the very first motion pictures seen in "slot machines" was
around 30 minutes - answer✔False
T/F Nickelodeons" were studios where early motion pictures were filmed. - answer✔False
Which of the following is associated with Mack Sennett: - answer✔All of the above
T/F The original title of Birth of a Nation was "The Clansman." - answer✔True
The star of The Mark of Zorro (1920): - answer✔Douglas Fairbanks
The Edison employee credited with the "hands-on" invention of motion picture technology: -
answer✔Dickson
The director of Birth of a Nation: - answer✔Griffith
What decade is considered to have marked the true beginning of the motion picture medium -
answer✔1890s
T/F The Lumiere "Cinematographe" was a technical improvement over the Edison
kinetograph/kinetoscope - answer✔True
Which film was not directed by D.W. Griffith - answer✔The Great Train Robbery
T/F Birth of a Nation was not controversial at the time of its release -- it was not until many
years later that the content of the film generated arguments against it - answer✔False
The director of The Great Train Robbery: - answer✔Porter
Edison's kinetoscope projected motion pictures onto a screen - answer✔False
The "heroes" of Birth of a Nation: - answer✔The Ku Klux Klan
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11/16/2024 10:16 AM
MCOMM 224 Midterm Exam Questions
With Correct Answers.
The actress who frequently starred in D.W. Griffith films - answer✔Gish
T/F The most common length of the very first motion pictures seen in "slot machines" was
around 30 minutes - answer✔False
T/F Nickelodeons" were studios where early motion pictures were filmed. - answer✔False
Which of the following is associated with Mack Sennett: - answer✔All of the above
T/F The original title of Birth of a Nation was "The Clansman." - answer✔True
The star of The Mark of Zorro (1920): - answer✔Douglas Fairbanks
The Edison employee credited with the "hands-on" invention of motion picture technology: -
answer✔Dickson
The director of Birth of a Nation: - answer✔Griffith
What decade is considered to have marked the true beginning of the motion picture medium -
answer✔1890s
T/F The Lumiere "Cinematographe" was a technical improvement over the Edison
kinetograph/kinetoscope - answer✔True
Which film was not directed by D.W. Griffith - answer✔The Great Train Robbery
T/F Birth of a Nation was not controversial at the time of its release -- it was not until many
years later that the content of the film generated arguments against it - answer✔False
The director of The Great Train Robbery: - answer✔Porter
Edison's kinetoscope projected motion pictures onto a screen - answer✔False
The "heroes" of Birth of a Nation: - answer✔The Ku Klux Klan
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