COMM 3000 SPRING 2012 QUIZ #4: CHAPTER SEVEN Select the best response to the following items. Only one answer is correct per item.

TRUE-FALSE ITEMS  Write T for True & F for False on your paper. 1 pt. each.  1. Genre mixing is NOT very common in popular filmmaking.  2. A revisionist film (like the horror films The Evil Dead or The Birds) generally provides an updating and renewal of the genre.  3. Classical Hollywood cinema no longer exists in current American movies (from the past decade).

MULTIPLE –CHOICE ITEMS  Write the letter of your choice on your paper. 1 pt. each.  4. A trait common to the Western film genre is that a. it is set east of the Mississippi b. the law is ultimately defeated by the villains c. there is conflict between civilization & wilderness d. a breach of nature occurs & must be contained e. all of the above

MULTIPLE-CHOICE, CON’T.  5. Film noir commonly has which of the following characteristics?  a. It usually ends optimistically  b. It is fatalistic in its themes  c. It is focused on love, not money  d. All of the above  e. None of the above