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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following films did Huston direct?
(a) "Saving Private Ryan."
(b) "The Maltese Falcon."
(c) "Some Like it Hot."
(d) "The Quick and the Dead."

2. What award does John Huston ask Lillian Ross to accept on his behalf in 1986?
(a) The Brandeis University Creative Arts Award.
(b) The Oscar.
(c) The Emmy.
(d) The Screen Actor's Guild Award.

3. Who starred in Huston's fortieth movie?
(a) Spencer Tracy.
(b) Audie Murphy.
(c) Jimmy Stewart.
(d) Angelica Huston.

4. What is the title of Ross's article that would eventually be turned into the book Picture?
(a) "A War Film."
(b) "Production Number 1512."
(c) "The Civil War Explained."
(d) "The Story of a War Film."

5. What is the name of Huston's adopted son?
(a) Peter.
(b) Carl.
(c) Corso.
(d) Pablo.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Schary usually watch the rushes of films?

2. Who is responsible for a hit picture, according to Reinhardt?

3. What did Huston do for the army during WWII?

4. For which film did Huston win two Oscars?

5. Why does Reinhardt write a long letter to Huston the day filming on "The Red Badge of Courage" begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. What famous Civil War photographer does Huston reference several times in relation to the look of his own film shots in the first section of the book?

2. What does Reinhardt insist upon during the film's production that is a somewhat unusual request so he can track the progress of filming closely?

3. How do the Reinhardts treat their dog, Mocha?

4. Why does Reinhardt feel that it is so important that "The Red Badge of Courage" is a great picture?

5. What kind of responsibility does Ross feel she has to the people she writes about, as outlined from an excerpt from her book Reporting in the Foreword?

6. What unusual tactic does Huston intend to use to direct the picture?

7. How does Audie Murphy behave during his first meeting with John Huston in the first section of the book?

8. How do Huston and Reinhardt seem to view the impending start to their filming of "The Red Badge of Courage" in the week before rehearsals begin?

9. What does Huston's personal assistant, Albert Band, hope to do in the film?

10. What kind of a relationship did Ross have with John Huston later in their lives, as outlined by Huston's daughter Angelica Huston in the Foreword?

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