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Question 1
1 Scholars and politicians have expressed which of the following concerns about portrayals of U.S. life in the movies?
 
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Question 2
2 A chewing gum manufacturer contributes money to make a movie. In the movie, the hero always chews that manufacturer's brand of gum. This is an example of
 
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Question 3
3 The major obstacle to the spread of digital movies to theaters is
 
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Question 4
4 Which of the following is NOT one of the dominant major movie studios in the U.S.?
 
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Question 5
5 Technical innovations pioneered by Hollywood in order to differentiate movies from television included all of the following EXCEPT
 
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Question 6
6 Major movie studios used to require that theaters purchases packages of films, rather than allowing the theaters to choose movies on a one-by-one basis, a practice called
 
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Question 7
7 The close relationship between the movie and television industries has contributed to
 
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Question 8
8 Which of the following ratings indicates that a movie should not be shown to anyone under the age of 17?
 
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Question 9
9 In the early decades of the 20th century, movie studies developed a highly controlled process for churning out films featuring reliable stars. This approach was known as the
 
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Question 10
10 The business of arranging for films to be shown in theatres or on television is called
 
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Question 11
11 Opportunities for movie-makers to earn money from a film after it has been shown in theatres include
 
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Question 12
12 The Jazz Singer was the first movie to include
 
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Question 13
13 The Supreme Court's 1948 ruling in the case of United States v. Paramount Pictures, known as the Paramount decision, led to
 
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Question 14
14 The organization formed by Catholic religious leaders in the 1930s to endorse "clean movies" was known as the
 
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Question 15
15 The success of the low-budget film El Mariachi, made with $7,000 he earned partly from participating in medical research experiments, launched the career of Latino director
 
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Question 16
16 The Hollywood 10 were
 
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Question 17
17 Since the 1960s, codes of conduct for movie-makers have been replaced by labeling or ratings systems, shifting decisions about acceptable movie content from __________ to __________.
 
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Question 18
18 Which of the following audience groups is most influential to the box-office success of movies in the U.S.?
 
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Question 19
19 Which of the following has nearly disappeared from U.S. movies, due to lack of audience interest?
 
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Question 20
20 Today, the U.S. major motion-picture studios tend to approach independent movie producers as
 
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