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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. How does Reinhardt say the studio should use Audie Murphy in the film?
(a) They should have him star in at least three more films as soon as he is done filming their picture.
(b) They should make him do interviews about his acting experience.
(c) They should exploit his experience as a real-life soldier.
(d) They should encourage him to retire from acting after doing their film.

2. What company's stock is Dore Schary's new contract with M-G-M supplemented with in the section titled "Piccolos Under Your Name, Strings Under Mine"?
(a) Loew's.
(b) Amazon's.
(c) Universal's.
(d) Purdue's.

3. What scenes does Schary particularly like in the finished version of the film?
(a) The death scene played by Murphy.
(b) The river-crossing scene.
(c) The death scenes played by Dano and Dierkes.
(d) The scene at the end with all the horses.

4. What does Schary suggest about the film's music in the section titled "What's Wrong With Mocha's Opinion?"?
(a) He wants to the music to be more emotional.
(b) He wants the music to be louder.
(c) He wants to take out the music during the scene where the boy writes the letter.
(d) He wants to scrap all the music and start over from scrach.

5. What does the M-G-M publicity person tell Ross about selling war pictures?
(a) You can sell the war film if the hero is compelling enough.
(b) It is the easiest kind of film to sell.
(c) It is hard to do.
(d) People are sick of war after living through WWII in real life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schary say he thinks all music in the movies has to be to be effective?

2. What does Reinhardt tell Huston Mayer asked him about the film in the section titled "Piccolos Under Your Name, Strings Under Mine"?

3. What does Reinhardt tell Ross about Huston's demeanor following the film's preview in February 1951?

4. Which writer works on the script for "The African Queen" with Huston?

5. Where does Ross go with Reinhardt, Band, and Huston after attending Romanoff's party in the section titled "Piccolos Under Your Name, Strings Under Mine"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Reinhardt tell Ross about his feelings on previews?

2. In his speech to the Drama Festival at the College of the Pacific, what does Schary tell students about sentimentality?

3. In Part III, what does Reinhardt implore the top crew members, including Huston, to do for him that would make the studio executives very happy?

4. What premise does the musical composer Bronislau Kaper bring to every film he works on?

5. What picture is Huston slated to start work on immediately after finishing "The Red Badge of Courage"?

6. By the end of Part III of the book, how is Reinhardt feeling about "The Red Badge of Courage's" prospects?

7. What is the purpose of the so-called "leapfrog" method of directing and shooting a film?

8. Why does Arthur Freed tell Ross that Huston's pictures have trouble selling to audiences?

9. How do Reinhardt and Huston feel about the audience's reaction to the film immediately following the first preview?

10. What does Schary lament about the promotional prospects for the film after viewing it with Huston and Reinhardt at his home in Part IV?

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