Imagine you are a studio mogul in the 1910s and you want to make a film about an attractive and dangerous woman who destroys powerful men.Which silent film actress would you cast in the lead role?

A) Mary Pickford
B) Lillian Gish
C) Florence Lawrence
D) Theda Bara

This female auteur-the daughter of Hollywood royalty-began her career with an acclaimed adaptation of The Virgin Suicides.

A) Kathryn Bigelow
B) Sofia Coppola
C) Kirsten Dunst
D) Drew Barrymore

Which Dutch artist made the subject of much of his art the interiors of Dutch middle-class dwellings?

A) Rubens
B) Vermeer
C) Ruysch
D) Cuyp

The tomb of which English monarch is located in Wells Cathedral?

A) Tomb of William the Conqueror
B) Tomb of Edward II
C) Tomb of Blanche of Castile
D) Tomb of Louis IX

Name the man who was responsible for overseeing the Production Code Administration and whose tenure there became synonymous with the self-censorship of the Hollywood Golden Age.

A) Will Hays
B) Orson Welles
C) Joseph Breen
D) Thomas Edison

What historical event ushered in the beginning of the Classical period?

A) The death of Alexander the Great
B) The Greek conquest of Egypt
C) The defeat of the Persians
D) The first Greek voyage to Italy

Name the silent comedian whose persona embraced a natural, quiet boyish everyman.

A) Buster Keaton
B) Charlie Chaplin
C) Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
D) Harold Lloyd

What do art historians regard as the real subject of Monet's Rouen Cathedral: The Portal ( in Sun ) ?

A) French religious history
B) The sunlight on the portal
C) A crisis of faith
D) The poverty nearby

El Escorial is in which present-day country?

A) Italy
B) Spain
C) Portugal
D) Morocco

Which of the following factors complicate the auteur theory?

A) The film is owned and controlled by the studio distributor.
B) The production process is a collaborative process among many talented people.
C) Exactly what a director does or does not do varies from film to film.
D) all of the above