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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schary tell Reinhardt about his feelings on Audie Murphy in the section titled "Piccolos Under Your Name, Strings Under Mine"?

2. When was the first preview for a general audience of the film "The Red Badge of Courage"?

3. Which theater does Reinhardt want "The Red Badge of Courage" to show in?

4. Who is Humphrey Bogart married to at the time he begins work on "The African Queen" with Huston?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Schary tell Ross about the effects of pressures and constraints on the artistic endeavors of film-makers?

3. What does Reinhardt tell Ross about his relationship with Margaret Booth?

4. Why is Margaret Booth's positive opinion so welcome and important to Huston?

5. What does Reinhardt tell Ross about what usually happens to a film once the director is through with it?

6. In Part III, when the film's shooting is almost entirely done, what main concern does Reinhardt express to Huston about the film?

7. How does the audience react to the second preview?

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

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

10. What does Reinhardt suggest altering in the film, with Huston's blessing, to make it more appealing to audiences after the first preview?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you characterize the relationship between Audie Murphy, the real-life decorated American WWII soldier, and the director John Huston? Cite specific references to the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

What does Ross seem to use the behavior of, and the scenes featuring, Silvia Reinhardt (the producer Gottfried Reinhardt's wife) to demonstrate about life in Hollywood? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text.

Essay Topic 3

How does Ross's choice to write Picture from a first-person point of view affect the reader's experience of the story? Write an essay explaining your answer.

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