ENG 225 Week 4 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University

ENG 225 Week 4 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University 



Week 4 - Quiz

 

Question 1

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

 

o   The producer

o   The screenwriter

o   The director

o   The cinematographer

 

 

Question 2

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

 

o   Revising the screenplay

o   Setting the film’s budget

o   Coaxing good performances from actors

o   Promoting the film in public appearances

 

 

 

Question 3

Which stylistic movement in film involved purposely distorted sets and images to convey a psychological feeling or attitude?

 

o   Dogme 95

o   German Expressionism

o   Italian Neorealism

o   French New Wave

 

 

 

 

Question 4

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

 

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

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

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

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

 

 

 Question 5

Actors frequently identify what as the most desirable quality in a director?

 

o   That the director challenges them

o   That the director makes them feel safe

o   That the director defers to their wishes

o   That the director imposes strict discipline

 

 

Question 6

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

 

o   Martin Scorsese

o   Steven Spielberg

o   Ingmar Bergman

o   Nicole Holofcener

 

 

 

 Question 7

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

 

o   D.W. Griffith

o   Orson Welles

o   Alfred Hitchcock

o   Steven Spielberg

 

 

 Question 8

From what country did auteur theory first emerge?

 

o   Germany

o   France

o   The United States

o   Great Britain

 

 


Question 9

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

 

 

o   Interior meaning

o   Distinguishable personality

o   Technical competence

o   Popularity with audiences

 

 

 

Question 10

Which critic is best known for opposing the auteur theory?

 

o   Roger Ebert

o   Francois Truffaut

o   Andrew Sarris

o   Pauline Kael

 

 

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