ENG 225 week 4 quiz / A+

1. In which auteur’s films are you most likely to encounter gritty, urban subject matter? (Points : 1)       Martin Scorsese       Steven Spielberg       Ingmar Bergman       Nicole Holofcener

 

2. Which of the following is the best way to describe a director’s style? (Points : 1)      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

 

3. Which critic is best known for opposing the auteur theory? (Points : 1)      Roger Ebert       Francois Truffaut       Andrew Sarris       Pauline Kael

 

4. Which of the following is the “outer circle,” or minimal requirement, of Andrew Sarris’s model of the auteur theory? (Points : 1)      Interior meaning       Distinguishable personality       Technical competence       Popularity with audiences

 

5. Which director is credited with largely setting the stage for what we think of as the modern film director? (Points : 1)      D.W. Griffith       Orson Welles       Alfred Hitchcock       Steven Spielberg

 

6. What film technician’s role is most like the role of the foreman in the construction of a building? (Points : 1)      The producer       The screenwriter       The director       The cinematographer

 

7. Which of the following is the best description of auteur theory? (Points : 1)      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

 

8. Why do many theorists doubt that genres exist at all? (Points : 1)      Because all films are personal, individual visions       Because studios invented the idea as a cynical marketing tool       Because they are the product of audience expectations, not films themselves       Because the definitions are fluid at best, meaningless at worst

 

9. Which of the following films is an example of the classic “screwball comedy”? (Points : 1)      City Lights       Bringing Up Baby       Annie Hall       Knocked Up

 

10. Which stylistic movement in film involved purposely distorted sets and images to convey a psychological feeling or attitude? (Points : 1)

      Dogme 95       German Expressionism       Italian Neorealism       French New Wave