1. According to the textbook, which of the following are comedy film subgenres?
a) Slapstick, intellect, romantic
b) Slapstick, screwball, romantic
c) Screwball, parody, sitcom
d) Screwball, family, romantic
The answer is b
2. Which of the following is an accurate statement about generic conventions?
a) Generic conventions are the character types, settings, and props that identify specific genres.
b) When generic conventions are put into motion as part of a plot, they become generic formula.
c) Generic conventions include iconography – images patterns with specific connotations
d) All of the options are correct
The answer is d
3. A visual style marked by darkness and shadowy lighting, convoluted plots, and morally ambiguous characters such as the femme fatale are characteristics of what type of crime film?
a) Film noir
b) Gangster film
c) Hard-boiled detective film
d) Slasher film
The answer is a
4. -----consider a film as a product of changing historical and cultural contexts that modify genre conventions and formulas.
a) Prescriptive paradigms
b) Classical genre traditions
c) Structural paradigms
d) Revisionist genre traditions
The answer is d
5. Slasher films such as Texas Chain Massacre (1974) are best described as ------horror films.
a) Supernatural
b) Physical
c) Psychological
d) Gothic
The answer is b
6. Which of the following is NOT an assumption characteristic of a descriptive approach to film gente?
a) Successful genre films build upon older films.
b) Genres develop and change over time
c) Successful genre films deviate as little as possible form the genre model.
d) Viewer’s prize genres for different reasons
The answer is c
7. According to the textbook, which of the following is NOT a type of melodrama?
a) Family
b) Physical
c) Social
d) Antisocial
The answer is d
8. The outsider characters in crime films represent……….
a) What we socially reject as supporters of the status quo
b) What we physically or psychologically fear
c) What we, as supporters of the status quo, wish we could become
d) What our darkest fantasies look like
The answer is a
9. Film genres produced by the interaction of two or more different genres are -----
a) Generic constellations
b) Subgenres
c) Generic paradigms
d) Hybrid genres
The answer is d
10. Disney animated films such as the Little Maid (1989) are most prominently a part of the ------genre.
a) Western
b) Horror
c) Musical
d) Drama
The answer is c
11. The term that best describes images or images patterns with specific connotations or meaning is -----
a) Generic formula
b) Stereotypes
c) Iconography
d) Archetypes
The answer is c
1. A film genre is:
a. a set of rules to follow implemented by studios during the studio system
b. a set of conventions and formulas, repeated and developed throughout film history
c. a term introduced when sound came to film to distinguish between a silent film and a talkie
d. none of the above
The answer is b.
2. Which of the following areas did NOT have genres that were a predecessor of film genres?
a. literature
b. art
c. photography
d. television
The answer is d.
3. Generic conventions are:
a. rules of thumb when writing a genre film
b. properties or figures that identify a genre
c. both a and b
d. neither a nor b
The answer is b.
4. A genre film such as a western may be __________.
a. traditional or revisionist
b. avant-garde or experimental
c. sad and unrealistic
d. all of the above
The answer is a.
5. Dark and shadow lighting, convoluted plots, and complex and flawed characters caught up in crime are all characteristics of what type of film?
a. film noir
b. European independent films
c. neorealistic films
d. horror films
The answer is a.
6. Which of the following is NOT a function of generic categories?
a. to provide models for producing other works
b. to direct audience expectations
c. to create categories for evaluating a work
d. to determine the films that audiences like best
The answer is d.
7. What did the Paramount Decision of 1948 do?
a. Ruled that major movie studios violated antitrust laws
b. Ruled that all movie studios had to assign film ratings
c. Ruled that major movie studios could not put certain content in films
d. Ruled that it was illegal for movie studios to make the same movies over and over
The answer is a.
8. Which of the following is a subgenre?
a. comedy
b. melodrama
c. gangster films
d. musical
The answer is c.
9. Creators of early cinema:
a. already knew about genres
b. had to develop genres
c. didn't make genre films
d. none of the above
The answer is a.
10. The root meaning of genres is:
a. organize
b. separate
c. kind
d. variety
The answer is c.
11. Images or image patterns with specific connotations or meanings are:
a. archetypes
b. stereotypes
c. generic conventions
d. iconography
The answer is d.
12. How do generic formulas get formed?
a. when the studios figure out which genre formulas audience like best
b. when generic conventions are put in motion as part of the plot
c. when isolated properties or figures that identify a genre are repeated from film to film
d. all of the above
The answer is b.
13. Generic expectations are:
a. another word for generic formulas
b. not necessary in considering the audience's reaction to a movie
c. when a viewer anticipates the meaning of particular conventions
d. none of the above
The answer is c.
14. The golden years of American film genre began to decline when ___________.
a. the recycling of genres became popular
b. audiences bored of seeing genre films
c. the Paramount Decision of 1948 occurred
d. independent filmmakers started gaining clout in Hollywood
The answer is c.
15. Film genres produced by the interaction of different genres are ________.
a. generic constellations
b. subgenres
c. a generic paradigm
d. hybrid genres
The answer is d.
16. Which genre can develop intricate plots but focuses on individual vignettes?
a. horror films
b. comedies
c. melodrama
d. crime films
The answer is b.
17. Which genre was not particularly respected early on?
a. horror films
b. melodramas
c. westerns
d. musicals
The answer is c.
18. Currently, which of the following is NOT a conventional subgenre of horror film?
a. supernatural horror films
b. slasher horror films
c. screwball horror films
d. psychological horror films
The answer is c.
19. Film genres:
a. are no longer examined in detail because they've been used so long
b. force films to conform to strict categories
c. are still a critical measure of audience expectation
d. all of the above
The answer is c.
20. _____________ is clearly and visibly engaged in commenting on the formal play with the generic paradigms that preceded them.
a. Generic replacement
b. Generic reflexivity
c. Generic expectation
d. Generic formula
The answer is b.
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