Narrative Films: Telling Stories

Question 6.1

1. Which of the following are NOT features of the classical Hollywood narrative film?

A focus on one or two central characters

A linear, character-driven plot

There is little or no logical reasoning provided for a character’s actions.

The action is developed according to realistic cause-and-effect logic.

All of the statements are features of classical Hollywood narrative.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer can be found on page 218.

Question 6.2

2. Which of the following is an example of a nondiegetic element?

the setting of a film

inter titles in a silent film

props in a movie

dialogue between two characters

All of the options are correct.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer can be found on page 229.

Question 6.3

3. The U.S. organization that determined the guidelines for what was morally acceptable to be depicted in films was known as ____________.

the Censorship Bureau

the Hollywood Ten

the O.W.I.

the Director’s Guild

the Hays Office

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer can be found on page 218.

Question 6.4

4. According to the textbook, which of the following is a growing trend in contemporary cinema?

A move back to classical narrative practices

The practice of narrative reflexivity

The rejection of digital technology

The use of surreal characters and illogical actions

All of the options are correct.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer can be found on page 219.

Question 6.5

5. The _______ of a film orders the events and actions according to particular spatial and temporal patterns.

plot

story

genre

credits

characters

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer can be found on page 220.

Question 6.6

6. _________ describes how one action leads to another action or event.

Causal logic

Deadline structure

Disrupted chronology

Parallel plot

Eventual logic

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer can be found on page 222.

Question 6.7

7. A retrospective plot ________________.

involves recreating a historical event

is only possible when the story is told through first-person narration

attempts to re-tell the story from another character's perspective

uses flashback to provide perspective on the whole story

uses a parallel plot to provide perspective on the story

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer can be found on page 232.

Question 6.8

8. Which of the following is an example of a deadline structure?

A story of a man who flies to London to stop the woman he loves from marrying another man.

A story of a man who can’t stop having nightmares about his terrifying and demanding boss.

A story of a dysfunctional family coming apart at the seams.

A story of a husband and wife who are both having affairs.

A story of a husband and wife who are both secret agents.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer can be found on page 234.

Question 6.9

9. ____________ best describes the alternative narrative forms that have appeared in various countries since the 1950s and challenge the conventions of classical narrative forms.

Non-Western narratives

New wave narratives

Retrospective narratives

Genre narratives

Auteurist narratives

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer can be found on page 250.

Question 6.10

10. Material used to tell a story that is not a part of the world of the film is called __________.

the scenario

characterization

diegetic information

nondiegetic information

None of the options is correct.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer can be found on page 229.

Question 6.11

11. The length of time for which an event or action exists in the plot is called __________.

narrative frequency

narrative duration

narrative chronology

plot duration

plot frequency

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer can be found on pages 235.

Question 6.12

12. Which of the following is NOT one of the assumptions or models typically used to evaluate a character’s coherence?

Values

Social status

Behaviors

Actions

Values, social status, behaviors, and actions are all models used to evaluate character coherence.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer can be found on page 224.

Question 6.13

13. Characters who are so exaggerated or reduced that they seem more abstract than realistic are called ____________.

figurative types

divided characters

incoherent characters

stereotypes

None of the options is correct.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer can be found on page 226.

Question 6.14

14. _________ refers to the emotional or intellectual perspective through which the characters, actions, and events of a film appear and what is or isn’t revealed about them.

Diegesis

Causality

Narration

Narrative

Coherence

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer can be found on page 238.

Question 6.15

15. The most common plot structure primarily follows a(n) ____________.

elliptical structure

parallel plot

linear chronology

nonlinear chronology

None of the options is correct.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer can be found on page 230.

Question 6.16

16. What are the four ways in which narrative space may be developed?

historically, chronologically, thematically, and symbolically

historically, ideologically, spontaneously, and thematically

historically, chronologically, psychologically, and thematically

historically, symbolically, spontaneously, erratically

historically, ideologically, psychologically, and symbolically

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer can be found on page 236.

Question 6.17

17. When a movie reveals the unreliability of its narrator, it is demonstrating which narrative style?

Multiple narration

Omniscient narration

Reflexive narration

Omnipotent narration

First-person narration

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer can be found on page 242.

Question 6.18

18. Classical film narratives typically do NOT ____________.

focus on one or more central characters who propel the plot

develop plots with linear chronologies

undermine the centrality of a main character

employ an omniscient narration that suggests some degree of realism

appear as a three-part structure

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer can be found on page 245.

Question 6.19

19. Alternative film narratives typically display the following qualities EXCEPT ____________.

that they tend to overturn the formal assumptions of classical narratives

that they are often found in independent and European art films

that they strive for narrative coherence

that they question the objective realism implied by many classical film narratives

All of the options are qualities of alternative film narratives.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer can be found on pages 246.

Question 6.20

20. __________ refers to the intricacies and layers of an emotionally and/or intellectually complicated personality.

Character type

Character depth

Character coherence

Secondary character

Divided character

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer can be found on page 225.

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