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