Question: 1. A film is a documentary if it

1. is labeled as such.

2. B. records events precisely as they occur.

3. C. contains no staged re-creations.

4. D. consists only of verifiable truths.

5. Answer: A. is labeled as such.

6. Question:

7. Answer: A. imitate the conventions of documentaries, often for comedic effects, but do not pretend to be factual.

8. Question:

9. Answer: D. Staged documentary, which consists entirely of re-creations of events with professional actors

10. Question: 4. A “direct-cinema” documentary is one

11. A. in which the director stages the action.

12. B. that records real events as they happen.

13. C. consisting mainly of interviews.

14. D. made up entirely of archival footage.

15. Answer: B. that records real events as they happen.

16. Question:

17. Answer: C. Visionary documentary, which presents the director’s abstract proposal

18. Question: 6. In addition to narrative documentaries, documentaries may take non-narrative forms, including

19. A. portrait and categorical.

20. B. rhetorical and categorical.

21. C. rhetorical and visionary.

22. D. portrait and visionary.

23. Answer: B. rhetorical and categorical.

24. Question:

25. Answer: D. fact that it tends to develop in fairly simple ways and thus risks boring the viewer.

26. Question:

27. Answer: C. medium shots or medium close-ups; extreme close-ups

28. Question:

29. Answer: C. The subject of the film is usually presented as a highly controversial issue.

30. Question:

31. Answer: A. Arguments from indisputable scientific truth with no room for interpretation