The Birth of a Nation - Quiz
A) He directed Django Unchained. B) He created Within Our Gates. C) He made Intolerance in 1916. D) He produced The Fall of a Nation.
A) D.W. Griffith B) Thomas Dixon Jr. C) John W. Noble D) Oscar Micheaux
A) Depiction of African American hardships during Jim Crow laws. B) Criticism of prejudice. C) The invasion of the United States by European monarchies. D) Glorification of the Ku Klux Klan.
A) D.W. Griffith B) Oscar Micheaux C) John W. Noble D) Thomas Dixon Jr.
A) To criticize pacifism in WWI. B) To glorify the Ku Klux Klan. C) To challenge The Birth of a Nation. D) To depict African American hardships during Jim Crow laws.
A) D.W. Griffith B) Quentin Tarantino C) John W. Noble D) Oscar Micheaux
A) To glorify the Ku Klux Klan. B) To counter the falsehoods of The Birth of a Nation. C) To criticize pacifism in WWI. D) To depict African American hardships during Jim Crow laws.
A) The premiere of Intolerance. B) A cross burning at Stone Mountain. C) The release of Within Our Gates. D) The release of The Birth of a Race.
A) Racist B) Uninteresting C) Brilliant D) Quaint
A) Making Intolerance and Broken Blossoms. B) Directing Within Our Gates. C) Producing Django Unchained. D) Creating The Fall of a Nation.
A) The depiction of the Ku Klux Klan as heroes. B) The portrayal of the Civil War. C) His own thesis about the South's virtue. D) The glorification of African Americans.
A) A fully formed visual language for cinema. B) A celebration of the Ku Klux Klan. C) A critique of European monarchies. D) A glorification of African Americans.
A) Its depiction of the Civil War. B) Its glorification of African Americans. C) Its portrayal of black men as savage. D) Its critique of European monarchies.
A) The refounding of the Ku Klux Klan. B) The premiere of Intolerance. C) The release of Within Our Gates. D) The production of The Fall of a Nation.
A) To criticize European monarchies. B) To recruit Klansmen. C) To promote African American rights. D) To challenge its themes.
A) It initiated many advances in film-making technique. B) It depicted African Americans positively. C) It was unoriginal and uninspiring. D) It glorified the Ku Klux Klan.
A) Its beauty despite its injustice and falsehood. B) Its depiction of African Americans. C) Its lack of historical accuracy. D) Its portrayal of the Civil War.
A) They depicted African American hardships. B) They criticized European monarchies. C) They became treasures of world cinema. D) They glorified the Ku Klux Klan.
A) The virtues of the Ku Klux Klan. B) The national glory of the South. C) The human cost of combat. D) The heroism of African Americans.
A) It shows that their wealth comes from slaves. B) It criticizes European monarchies. C) It depicts African Americans positively. D) It glorifies the Ku Klux Klan.
A) It glorifies the Ku Klux Klan. B) It implies a dance of death foreshadowing destruction. C) It criticizes European monarchies. D) It celebrates African American achievements.
A) They praised its realism. B) They cheered for the Klan. C) They ignored its significance. D) They found it obscene and horrifying.
A) It is celebrated as a heroic act. B) It seems unjust and cruel to modern audiences. C) It depicts African Americans positively. D) It criticizes European monarchies.
A) Lillian Gish B) Charlie Chaplin C) Mary Pickford D) Dorothy Gish
A) At the first Academy Awards ceremony. B) On Broadway as part of a theatrical event. C) In Paris during an international film festival. D) Inside the White House, watched by President Woodrow Wilson
A) Frank E. Woods B) Thomas Dixon Jr. C) Harry Aitken D) Lillian Gish
A) Behind-the-scenes footage. B) A director's commentary track. C) An interview with D. W. Griffith. D) A 13-page Souvenir Program
A) Ben Cameron B) Margaret Cameron C) Phil Stoneman D) Elsie Stoneman
A) Confederate family B) Southern family C) Northern family D) Union family
A) Ben Cameron B) Phil Stoneman C) Elsie Stoneman D) Margaret Cameron
A) Confederate soldiers B) Union soldiers C) Northern militia D) Southern militia
A) A Confederate soldier B) Margaret Cameron C) Mrs. Cameron D) Elsie Stoneman
A) Mrs. Cameron B) Elsie Stoneman C) Phil Stoneman D) Ben Cameron
A) Silas Lynch B) Ben Cameron C) Jeff the blacksmith D) Stoneman
A) Legislation allowing mixed-race marriages. B) Abolition of slavery laws. C) Reinstatement of Confederate symbols. D) Prohibition of Klan activities.
A) She is rescued by Ben Cameron. B) Silas Lynch leaves immediately. C) Undercover Klansman spies get the attention. D) The Klan disbands.
A) Alonzo J. Ransier B) Richard Howell Gleaves C) Thaddeus Stevens D) Leroy McAfee
A) Civil War historians B) Hollywood directors C) Film critics D) West Point engineers
A) Atlanta, Georgia B) New York City C) Big Bear Lake, California D) Washington D.C.
A) $40,000 B) $50,000 C) $100,000 D) $10,000
A) 200,000 feet B) 100,000 feet C) 150,000 feet D) 50,000 feet
A) Florence Lawrence B) Lillian Gish C) Madame Sul-Te-Wan D) Mary Pickford
A) The Sixteenth Amendment B) The Thirteenth Amendment C) The Fourteenth Amendment D) The Fifteenth Amendment
A) 13,000 feet B) 50,000 feet C) 100,000 feet D) 150,000 feet
A) The Leopard's Spots B) The Soldier in Our Civil War C) Battles and Leaders of the Civil War D) Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War
A) DJ Spooky B) Carli Elinor C) Richard Wagner D) Joseph Carl Breil
A) Franz von Suppé B) Richard Wagner C) Ludwig van Beethoven D) Carl Maria von Weber
A) 500,000 people B) 3 million people C) 1.5 million people D) 4 million people
A) March 2, 1915 B) April 15, 1915 C) February 18, 1915 D) January 1, 1915
A) The Secretary of the Navy B) Josephus Daniels C) Griffith D) A member of the Klan
A) 1918 B) 1940 C) 1925 D) 1930
A) 50 weeks B) 44 weeks C) 30 weeks D) 60 weeks
A) Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise B) Mary Childs Nerney C) Booker T. Washington D) Jane Addams
A) Hosted private screenings B) Wrote supportive articles C) Neglected to respond D) Organized demonstrations
A) "a supportive organization for filmmakers" B) "the Negro Intermarriage Society" C) "a group of unbiased historians" D) "the Civil Rights Champions"
A) Charles Henry Parkhurst B) Katharine DuPre Lumpkin C) Dolly Dalrymple D) Mary Pickford
A) 20 B) 5 C) 15 D) 10
A) 1992 B) 1975 C) 2000 D) 1988
A) Reconstruction brought equality between races. B) Reconstruction was a time of great progress for African-Americans. C) Reconstruction had no significant impact on American society. D) Reconstruction was an unmitigated disaster.
A) Progressive School B) Marxist Historiography C) Annales School D) Dunning School
A) The Tragic Era: The Revolution After Lincoln B) Uncle Tom's Cabin C) Roots D) Gone with the Wind
A) A fictional character in The Birth of a Nation B) A Southern belle from the film C) Lydia Hamilton Smith D) An abolitionist leader
A) W. E. B. DuBois B) Franklin C) Eric Foner D) E. Merton Coulter
A) Jonathan Kline B) Alfred Hitchcock C) D.W. Griffith D) Orson Welles
A) Color tinting B) Sepia tone C) Hand coloring each frame D) Black and white filming
A) Crosscutting B) Split-screen C) Flashbacks D) Voice-over narration
A) Tracking shots B) Virtual reality filming C) Time-lapse photography D) Stop-motion animation
A) Fade-outs B) Wipe transitions C) Dissolves D) Jump cuts
A) 2015 B) 1992 C) 1969 D) 1975
A) 1998 B) 2002 C) 1975 D) 1969
A) Photoplay Productions B) David Shepard C) Kino Video D) Epoch
A) Eureka Entertainment B) Photoplay Productions C) Kino Video D) Image Entertainment
A) Kino Video B) Eureka Entertainment C) Photoplay Productions D) Image Entertainment
A) 2011 B) 1993 C) 2002 D) 2015
A) Image Entertainment B) Photoplay Productions C) Kino Video D) Eureka Entertainment
A) Eureka Entertainment B) The BFI C) Kino Video D) Image Entertainment
A) Kino Video B) Image Entertainment C) Eureka Entertainment D) Photoplay Productions
A) Mel Brooks's Blazing Saddles (1974) B) Robert Zemeckis's Forrest Gump (1994) C) Peter Bogdanovich's Nickelodeon (1976) D) Spike Lee's Bamboozled (2000)
A) Robert Zemeckis's Forrest Gump (1994) B) Mel Brooks's Blazing Saddles (1974) C) Peter Bogdanovich's Nickelodeon (1976) D) Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman (2018)
A) Justin Simien's Dear White People (2014) B) Kevin Willmott's C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004) C) Robert Zemeckis's Forrest Gump (1994) D) Spike Lee's Bamboozled (2000)
A) Robert Zemeckis's Forrest Gump (1994) B) Spike Lee's Bamboozled (2000) C) Kevin Willmott's C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004) D) Dinesh D'Souza's Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
A) Kevin Willmott's C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004) B) Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman (2018) C) Robert Zemeckis's Forrest Gump (1994) D) Justin Simien's Dear White People (2014)
A) Nate Parker B) Spike Lee C) Kevin Willmott D) Dinesh D'Souza
A) University of California, Berkeley B) Stanford University C) Harvard University D) Bowling Green State University |
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