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ENG225 Introduction To Film

Week  4 Quiz

Question 1

Beyond setting up shots and other technical work, what is perhaps the director’s most important job?

  Revising the screenplay

  Setting the film’s budget

  Coaxing good performances from actors

  Promoting the film in public appearances

 

Question 2

Which of the following is the best way to describe a director’s style?

  His or her favorite mise en scène, cinematography, editing, and sound techniques

  The habitual way he or she deals with the actors on the set

  Typical way he or she deals with producers and other studio executives

  His or her preferred subject matter and genre in which to work

 

Question 3

From what country did auteur theory first emerge?

  Germany

  France

  The United States

  Great Britain

 

Question 4

Which of the following is the best description of auteur theory?

  The theory that the producer is the author of a film

  The theory that the director is the author of a film

  The theory that the screenwriter and the director co-author a film

  The theory that there is no true author of a film

 

Question 5

What film technician’s role is most like the role of the foreman in the construction of a building?

  The producer

  The screenwriter

  The director

  The cinematographer

 

Question 6

In which auteur’s films are you most likely to encounter gritty, urban subject matter?

  Martin Scorsese

  Steven Spielberg

  Ingmar Bergman

  Nicole Holofcener

 

Question 7

Which of the following is the “outer circle,” or minimal requirement, of Andrew Sarris’s model of the auteur theory?

  Interior meaning

  Distinguishable personality

  Technical competence

  Popularity with audiences

 

Question 8

Which critic is best known for opposing the auteur theory?

  Roger Ebert

  Francois Truffaut

  Andrew Sarris

  Pauline Kael

 

Question 9

Which director is credited with largely setting the stage for what we think of as the modern film director?

  D.W. Griffith

  Orson Welles

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Steven Spielberg

 

Question 10

Which of the following directors is least likely to be classified as an auteur?

  Quentin Tarantino

  Alfred Hitchcock

  David Lynch

  Michael Bay