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