Midterm & Final Exams: Tips and Sample Questions

Tips:

• Bring a pencil to class on test days.
• There will be no questions about specific dates.
• There will be no questions from the textbook.
• Questions about the films screened in class will be included.
• Each question is about a topic, person, film that a lecture emphasizes. Things/people mentioned once or in passing are not included in the test.

Sample Questions

• Which of the following filmmakers was known for making movies that actively told stories? (a) Thomas Edison, (b) Georges Méliès, (c) Franklin Bereday, (d) Joseph Nicephore Niépce, (e) none of the above.
• Buster Keaton's on-screen character was known as (a) the Great Stone Face, (b) Mr. Roboto, (c) the Glasses Character, (d) the Little Tramp, (e) none of the above.
• Expressionism in German film mostly occured after (a) World War II, (b) World War I, (c) the Vietnam War, (d) the Iraq War, (e) none of the above.