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History of Cinema & TV Quiz

Authored by Jodi Pelini

Arts, History

9th - 12th Grade

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History of Cinema & TV Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What does the term "persistence of vision" mean?

trying one's best to see clearly

your brain interpreting what you see correctly

seeing a series of still pictures & interpreting them as moving pictures

making photographs on metal plates

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Thomas Edison's invention for viewing motion pictures was called a

nickelodeon.

kinetoscope.

vitagraph.

zoopraxiscipe.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The arcade where individuals could watch Edison's motion pictures, named after the cost of one viewing, was called a

nickelodeon.

kinetoscope.

projector.

dime store.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The most common types of early film experiments shot what type of subjects?

Ordinary daily life

Sporting events

Church services

Short stories (narratives)

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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D.W. Griffith is most well-known for this film that was seen as racist because it offered a sympathetic Southern view of the Civil War and a heroic portrayal of the KKK.

Horse in Motion

Noah's Ark

The Birth of a Nation

Ben-Hur

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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This "talkie" film was the first with synchronized sound (voice and music):

The Birth of a Nation

The Jazz Singer

The Great Train Robbery

Noah's Ark

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What was the name of the first film projected in a theater for an audience to see?

The Sneeze

Workers Arriving at a Factory

Train Arriving at a Station

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