Question: Both times I went to the movies at Northpark Mall the people watching the movies were extremely disruptive. That movie theater is horrible.
Answer Choices:
A. Hasty Generalization
B. Fallacy of composition
C. Appeal to the majority
D. No Fallacy
Answer: A. Hasty Generalization
Question: What is the correct technical name for the music that plays in the background of a scene while the action takes place?
Answer Choices:
The score
The soundtrack
The orchestration
The sound design
Answer: The score
Question: Who is primarily responsible for the visual representation of a film’s story?
Answer Choices:
The cinematographer.
The editor.
The director.
Answer: The cinematographer.
Question: From what country did auteur theory first emerge?
Answer Choices:
Germany
France
The United States
Great Britain
Answer: France
Question: Why was The Birth of a Nation such a controversial film, in spite of its technical brilliance?
Answer Choices:
It is deeply critical of the United States.
It tells a story tinged with racism.
It advocates communism.
It is sexually explicit.
Answer: It tells a story tinged with racism.
Question: Which term is in the predicate position of the sentence “No cats are friendly”?
Answer Choices:
cats
friendly
No cats
This sentence does not have a predicate position.
Answer: friendly
Question: Which of the following is primarily responsible for placing individual shots and scenes together in coherent form?
Answer Choices:
Screenwriter.
Cinematographer.
Director.
Answer: Director.
Question: Which female auteur is best known for staking out traditionally male territory in her films?
Answer Choices:
Nicole Holofcener
Sofia Coppola
Kathryn Bigelow
Nora Ephron
Answer: Kathryn Bigelow
Question: Which of the following is typically true of soundtrack albums?
Answer Choices:
They reproduce the entire score.
They are only released for musicals.
They are used to promote a film commercially.
They only include material written specifically for the film.
Answer: They are used to promote a film commercially.
Question: Which director is credited with largely setting the stage for what we think of as the modern film director?
Answer Choices:
D.W. Griffith
Orson Welles
Alfred Hitchcock
Steven Spielberg
Answer: D.W. Griffith
Question: All of the following are true of the 1964 and 1968 Civil Rights Acts except:
Answer Choices:
A. the right to equality of opportunity in employment was included.
B. discrimination in public accommodations was banned.
C. state governments to control school integration were allowed.
D. discrimination in housing was banned.
E. penalties for those attempting to interfere with civil rights workers were provided.
Answer: C. state governments to control school integration were allowed.
Question: Editing should focus on each sentence individually.
Answer Choices:
A) True
B) False
Answer: A) True
Question: After the Civil War, civil rights legislation was passed by Congress
Answer Choices:
A. but much of it was very ineffective and parts were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
B. and participated in more equality causing for African Americans.
C. and was accepted by the American public.
D. that prevented African Americans from being excluded equal public accommodations.
E. All of the above are true.
Answer: A. but much of it was very ineffective and parts were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
Question: A finished film is best understood as the personal vision of which of the following?
Answer Choices:
A screenwriter.
A cinematographer.
An editor.
A director.
Answer: A director.
Question: Which of the following became an important new competitor for theatrical movies in the 1980s?
Answer Choices:
VCRs.
Television.
Radio.
The Internet.
Answer: VCRs.
Question: Which of the following editing techniques helps keep screen direction constant?
Answer Choices:
Matching on action
The 180-degree rule
The Kuleshov effect
The shot/reverse shot pattern
Answer: The 180-degree rule
Question: Which quote is not punctuated correctly?
Answer Choices:
A) “As Janey Ponce argues, ‘what she’s after is not the real Mrs. Hester, who ‘that she’s so lazy is nothing new to herself’ is known before, in [1914],’ moreover ‘the various agencies and narratives power are then signalled by her visual dominance.'” (Walker Morrison, 2015, para. 3)
B) “In French film, the folle role contrasted a variety of negative female characters, many of which were ‘not trustworthy… she comes ‘closer’ and ‘closer’ to going ‘over edge'” (Walker Morrison, 2015, para. 6).
C) University of Auckland Professor Walker-Morrison (2015) proposed that in a complex set of discourses ‘purity’ led to the development of the ‘natural born killer.’
D) The role of the femme fatale in classic American film is identified by a woman who “turns her hairpins into inventory tools; turning powder on her skin into our bombs and then ‘properly’ sets about disposing of him” (Walker-Morrison, 2015, para. 2).
Answer: B) “In French film, the folle role contrasted a variety of negative female characters, many of which were ‘not trustworthy… she comes ‘closer’ and ‘closer’ to going ‘over edge'” (Walker Morrison, 2015, para. 6).
Question: “It is illegal because it’s against the law.” This statement commits which of the following fallacies?
Answer Choices:
Circular reasoning
Non sequitur
Slippery slope
Appeal to pity
None of these
Answer: Circular reasoning
Question: The very large increase in allergies over the last thirty years is due to the great success of immunizations administered over this time period. Since immunizations have nearly eliminated life-threatening diseases such as polio, the human immune system increasingly targets other environmental substances in order to keep working properly. Allergy symptoms such as runny noses and itchy eyes result when the immune system attacks pollen that is breathed in from the air.
Answer Choices:
Immunizations often have surprising side effects.
Immunizations have been very successful in eliminating life-threatening diseases.
Viruses that once caused polio now cause allergies.
The use of immunizations has led to an increase in allergies.
Answer: The use of immunizations has led to an increase in allergies.
Question: Which element of a scene does the cinematographer most often control?
Answer Choices:
Staging
Duration
Focus
Props
Answer: Focus