Cinema 107 - Understanding Motion Picture » Summer 2022 » Unit 4 Quiz

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Question #1
All of the following were noted Method actors except:
A.   Julie Harris
B.   James Dean
C.   Laurence Olivier
D.   Marlon Brando
Question #2
The most popular, critically admired player of silent films was
A.   Mary Pickford
B.   Buster Keaton
C.   Harold Lloyd
D.   Charles Chaplin
Question #3
The ‘femme fatale’ is a character type created by:
A.   Shirley Temple
B.   Greta Garbo
C.   John Wayne
D.   Mary Pickford
Question #4
Another name for ‘extras’, a category of film acting would be:
A.   props
B.   human landscape
C.   rounder’s
D.   none of the above
Question #5
Which is not one of the four categories of film acting?
A.   stars
B.   extras
C.   nonprofessional actors
D.   archetypal
Question #6
Spoken dialogue is secondary to the subtext for Method actors.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #7
Mary Pickford was called “America’s Sweetheart” and received tons of fan mail, one of the first true movie stars.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #8
Method acting techniques are strongly psychoanalytical.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #9
British acting traditions tend to favor a mastery of externals, such as diction, movement, makeup and body control.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #10
Screen actors generally spend more time than stage actors in rehearsal before a performance.
A.   False
B.   True

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