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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 142 - 171).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many scenes in total were there in the movie "The Red Badge of Courage" on the original shooting schedule?
(a) 108.
(b) 347.
(c) 250.
(d) 830.

2. What does Huston often do in pictures he directs?
(a) Plays a bit part.
(b) Sleeps outside in a sleeping bag on location.
(c) Pays for them from start to finish.
(d) Buys the cast and crew drinks on the last day.

3. What message does Joe Cohn send to Huston on the day filming begins?
(a) A cautionary one about how important the picture is to the studio.
(b) A humorous one about the fact that he is doing a war picture and he needs to shoot, shoot, shoot.
(c) A solemn one about how much the picture will mean to soldier's families.
(d) An angry one about the rejection of his ideas for the script.

4. Where does Reinhardt live?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) New York City.
(d) Bel Air.

5. What does the M-G-M publicity director tell Ross about how they will know whether "The Red Badge of Courage" is a great film?
(a) They will know by how the actors are talking about it.
(b) They will know when L.B. Mayer sees it.
(c) They will know when audiences see it for the first time.
(d) They will know on the last day of filming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What picture does Schary tell Ross he loves in the section titled "Everything Has Just Gone Zoom"?

2. What is Schary's new desk lamp made in the figure of in the section titled "What's Wrong With Mocha's Opinion?"?

3. What does Mrs. Schary suggest in place of the racial epithet "coon" for use in the film?

4. Who starred in Huston's fortieth movie?

5. What other film does Reinhardt suggest pairing "The Red Badge of Courage" in in previews?

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