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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 172 - 219).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was John Huston's weekly salary for "The Red Badge Of Courage"?
(a) $15,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $8,000.
(d) $4,000.

2. About how much would feeding the cast and crew of the film lunch cost the studio during the filming?
(a) $40,000.
(b) $15,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $200,000.

3. What does Reinhardt think about how the scenes with the extras look?
(a) Reinhardt thinks they are doing magnificent work with 200 extras, when he would have preferred to have 2,000.
(b) Reinhardt thinks they need more extras to make it look convincing.
(c) Reinhardt thinks the extras are too lacking in film experience.
(d) Reinhardt thinks they have too many extras.

4. Why does Huston give up on the idea of directing the picture on horseback?
(a) It was too hard on the horse.
(b) He could not move fast enough.
(c) It was too expensive.
(d) It was too hard on his back.

5. What does the M-G-M publicity person tell Ross sells pictures?
(a) Music and strife.
(b) Comedy and good costumes.
(c) Vision.
(d) Stars and stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Huston first move to New York?

2. Which movie did Huston make and release immediately before starting production on "The Red Badge of Courage"?

3. How did Silvia Reinhardt feel about accompanying her husband Gottfried to the filming location for "The Red Badge of Courage"?

4. What relationship does the person who writes the foreward to Picture have to John Huston?

5. What work of Ross's does the writer of the foreword quote from in the foroward?

(see the answer key)

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