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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 kind of a room does Schary say he likes to work in?

2. What does Schary tell Ross about how he sees his own career trajectory?

3. What does Schary say is the answer to cynicism?

4. Which play does Huston remember his father getting terrible reviews in?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Silvia Reinhardt tell her husband wanted to come to the preview but that she has left at home?

2. 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?

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

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

5. How does one of the extras, Benny Burt, know John Huston personally?

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

7. How do the producers and professionals involved in making a film gauge whether L.B. Mayer liked the film after viewing the preview?

8. In Part III, what does Dore Schary tell Reinhardt about his opinion on the progress of the picture and on Audie Murphy's performance particularly?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the studio executives and other professionals involved in the production of "The Red Badge of Courage" express concerns over the films so-called lack of "story." Write an essay explaining what "story" means in the context of Picture.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing how the rise of television seemed to influence both artists and film executives in the early 1950s, when Huston directed "The Red Badge of Courage." Be sure to cite specific references to the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Ross thoroughly examines John Huston from both a personal and professional point of view. Drawing on Ross's own descriptions and impressions of Huston, write an essay analyzing why making a film adaptation of Crane's classic novel The Red Badge of Courage was so important an endeavor for the director.

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