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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 142 - 171).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Amazon's.
(b) Universal's.
(c) Loew's.
(d) Purdue's.

2. What does Huston demonstrate to Dierkes physically in the section titled "Everything Has Just Gone Zoom"?
(a) How to shoot a prop gun.
(b) How to make another actor let go of him as he falls.
(c) How to cut a rope with a knife.
(d) How to mount a horse convincingly.

3. Which of the following jobs did Schary once hold before getting into show business?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Neck tie salesperson.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Doctor.

4. What does Reinhardt tell Huston L.B. Mayer said to him about making "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) Mayer begged him not to make the picture.
(b) Mayer told him he must make the picture.
(c) Mayer told him it would be the last picture he ever made.
(d) Mayer told him making the picture might help his career.

5. Which play does Huston remember his father getting terrible reviews in?
(a) "The Iceman Cometh."
(b) "Moon Over Manhattan."
(c) "The Ferryman."
(d) "Othello."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the woman at M-G-M whose opinion Reinhardt and Huston both value greatly?

2. What does Band say the audiences hated about Durant?

3. What is the name of Huston's adopted son?

4. What part of making art does Schary say is important?

5. Who played The Tattered Man in "The Red Badge of Courage"?

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