Silent Film Practice Test

Debbie Twyman

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  1. "For her who had learned the stern lesson of honor we should not grieve that she found sweeter the opal gates of... " is the title card preceded by what character's tragic exit?

    2. Your answer:

  2. The Cameron family had a mulatto housekeeper named Lydia Brown.

    3. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  3. Which of following people was a member of the cast of "Birth of a Nation"?

    4. Your answer:
    Lillian Gish
    Spottiswoode Aitken
    Mae Marsh
    All of the above

  4. On which of the following books was "Birth of a Nation" based?

    5. Your answer:
    The Tigers Stripes and Ben's Brigaide
    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    The Clansman and The Leopard's Spots
    The Birth of the Clan

  5. What was the name of Ben's little sister who leaps off the cliff?

    6. Your answer:

  6. What event served as the inspiration for the creation of the Clan?

    7. Your answer:
    Ben's father's crucification
    The attempted lynching of the Cameron's loyal slave
    Lynch's proposal to Elsie
    Two children being scared by two kids with a sheet

  7. In the "Birth Of A Nation", how much material was used by Ben's Group, in the making of the white costumes?

    8. Your answer:
    12,000 yards
    50,000 yards
    200,000 feet
    none, they all brought their own costumes

  8. Which family lived in Piedmont, SC?

    9. Your answer:
    The Griffiths
    The Camerons
    The Addams Family
    The Stonemans

  9. They shot 200,000 feet of film when making the film "Birth of a Nation."

    10. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  10. In what year was "Birth of a Nation" first released"

    11. Your answer:
    1915
    1889
    1960
    1927

  11. Name the author of the book(s) that "Birth of a Nation" was based on.

    12. Your answer:
    DW Griffith (that man did everything!!)
    Reverend Thomas Dixon
    James Cameron
    Fritz Lang

  12. Audiences paid a nickel to see "Birth of a Nation" when it was first released.

    13. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  13. How much did it cost to make "Birth of a Nation"?

    14. Your answer:
    almost a million dollars
    $110,000
    $50,000
    1.5 million

  14. Ben was nicknamed:

    15. Your answer:
    Uncle Ben (his family grew rice)
    Benji
    Gentle Ben (he was a Bear of a man)
    The little Colonel

  15. What year was "Metropolis" first released in Germany?

    16. Your answer:
    1915
    1984
    2027
    1926

  16. Where did the elite live in "Metropolis"?

    17. Your answer:
    in skyscrapers
    far below the city
    in the catacombs
    the whitehouse

  17. Joh Fredderson was Freder's father and the omnipotent master of Metropolis.

    18. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  18. The novel "Metropolis" was adapted from the film of the same name.

    19. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  19. Name the female leader of the revolution.

    20. Your answer:

  20. Which of the following is an example of one of Fritz Lang's favorite themes?

    21. Your answer:
    The opposition of social and moral forces
    The importance of racial purity
    Man vs. nature
    none of the above

  21. At the end of the film the robot is burned at the stake.

    22. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  22. Rotwang's robot version of Hel lacks what?

    23. Your answer:
    love
    a soul
    the ability to dance
    all of the above

  23. Eugene Shuftan was the inventor of the special effects process used in "Metropolis".

    24. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  24. Maria was portrayed by:

    25. Your answer:
    Brigitte Helm
    Thea Von Harbou
    Lilian Gish
    Mae Marsh

  25. Rudolf Klein-Rogge played what character?

    26. Your answer:
    The robot
    Rotwang
    Joh
    Freder

  26. "Metropolis" is an example of the Expressionist style of film making.

    27. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  27. Who was responsible for the screenplay for "Metropolis"?

    28. Your answer:
    Fritz Lang
    Thea Von Harbou and Fritz Lang
    Rudolph Klein-Rogge and Brigitte Helm
    D. W. Griffith

  28. What year is "Metropolis" set in?

    29. Your answer:

  29. Lang's directoral style relies on:

    30. Your answer:
    sharp contrasts
    exaggerated acting
    unnatural lighting
    all of the above

  30. Rotwang was so obsessed with Hel that he invented a robot to take her place.

    31. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  31. The elite's sons and daughters hung out in which of the following places:

    32. Your answer:
    Studio 54
    the stadium
    Yoshiwara
    the catacombs

  32. Name the character who said "between the minds that plan and the hands that build there must be a mediator and this must be the heart".

    33. Your answer:

  33. While he is hallucinating, Freder encounters the Seven ----ly Sins.

    34. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  34. The robot Maria gives herself away when she marries Rotwang.

    35. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  35. Who directed Metropolis?

    36. Your answer:
    Eugene Shuftan
    Fritz Lang
    Steven Speilberg
    D.W. Griffith

  36. Who was the cinematographer for "Metropolis"?

    37. Your answer:
    Eugene Shuftan
    Karl Freund and ther Rittau
    Karl Marx and Leon Trotsky
    Rotwang

  37. Which person is most closely associated with this statement: "You fools, you will flood your own homes!"

    38. Your answer:
    The guy standing at the bottom of the pool
    Fritz Lang
    The foreman
    Ben

  38. Which character made the statement: "The workers belong in their proper place, the depths?"

    39. Your answer:
    Joh
    Maria
    Silas Lynch
    Martha Stewart

  39. When he was informed that the only thing the robot lacked was a soul, which character said: "...she's better off without one."

    40. Your answer:
    Joh
    Hel
    Satan
    Gus

  40. Who said: "To begin with I should say that I am a visual person. I experience with my eyes and never or rarely with my ears to my constant regret?"

    41. Your answer:
    Ben (he never listened to anyone)
    D.W. Griffith (this is why he never made a talking )
    Flora (although she wasn't looking when she jumped)
    Fritz Lang (this explains why his silent films turned out so well)

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