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Instructions – This ESSA Test will assess your knowledge and understanding of the information in the lessons that were developed about the Madagascar Film Franchise. Read and answer the following questions about those lessons. You may refer back to the lessons, to Wikipedia.org, and to Internet Movie Database (imdb.com) to help you answer the questions.
1. How many films are in the Madagascar Animated Films Franchise?
2. What are the names of the films in the Madagascar Animated Films Franchise (include the year each film was released)?
3. Who are the four main characters in most of the Madagascar films?
4. Who are the penguin characters in the Madagascar films?
5. Animated films require voice actors and a voice cast for the characters in the films. Who are the four voice actors for the four main characters in the films?
Watch the following video about the film Penguins of Madagascar (2014) and answer the questions. You may also refer to Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia (online) to help you answer the questions.
6. Who is the voice actor for Skipper the penguin?
7. Who is the voice actor for Dave/ Dr. Octavius Brine?
8. Which character is voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch?
9. What type of animal is Eva?
10. What type of animal is Short Fuse?
11. Character animators conduct observational research to learn about the movements of real animals and to help them draw and animate characters. What is one of the animation techniques or tools that can be used to help artists learn to animate characters in feature films?
12. What did animators at Walt Disney Studios and Pixar do to conduct observational research about animals so that they could draw and animate characters realistically in animated films?
13. In animation, what is the definition of the word frame?
14. What is a common theme of most of the films in the Madagascar Animated Film Franchise?
15. What are three of the settings in the films?
16. What is Malagasy?
17. In what city and state is the Central Park Zoo located?
18. What is King Julien XIII’s self-proclaimed title?
19. Where did the penguins want to go in the first Madagascar film?
20. Which character reconnected with his biological family (mother and father) in Africa?