- 1. What year did the French New Wave movement begin?
A) 1950
B) 1959
C) 1967
D) 1963
- 2. Who directed the film 'Breathless' (À bout de souffle), a quintessential New Wave film?
A) François Truffaut
B) Eric Rohmer
C) Jean-Luc Godard
D) Alain Resnais
- 3. Which French New Wave director was also a film critic for Cahiers du Cinéma?
A) Agnes Varda
B) Jean-Pierre Melville
C) François Truffaut
D) Jacques Demy
- 4. What is the literal translation of 'Nouvelle Vague'?
A) Modern Style
B) Foreign Films
C) New Wave
D) French Cinema
- 5. Which actor starred in the French New Wave film 'Shoot the Piano Player'?
A) Jean-Claude Brialy
B) Jean-Paul Belmondo
C) Jean-Pierre Léaud
D) Charles Aznavour
- 6. Who directed the film 'Hiroshima Mon Amour', a landmark of the French New Wave movement?
A) Jacques Tati
B) Claude Chabrol
C) Robert Bresson
D) Alain Resnais
- 7. In what city did the French New Wave movement mainly take place?
A) Paris
B) Lyon
C) Marseille
D) Nice
- 8. Which film is a defining work by director Jacques Rivette, associated with the French New Wave?
A) Celine and Julie Go Boating
B) The Trial of Joan of Arc
C) La Jetée
D) Two or Three Things I Know About Her
- 9. Who was the cinematographer on many French New Wave films, including 'Breathless'?
A) Haskell Wexler
B) Nestor Almendros
C) Raoul Coutard
D) Vittorio Storaro
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