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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 does Schary say is the answer to cynicism?
(a) Courage.
(b) Humor.
(c) Profit.
(d) Sentimentality.

2. What does Reinhardt say was wrong with the audience members at the second full preview?
(a) They were mostly high on drugs.
(b) They were too poor.
(c) They were too young to appreciate the movie.
(d) They were too wealthy.

3. Which scene did Willie Wyler tell Huston was the most amazing scene he ever watched?
(a) The Youth's death scene.
(b) The Tattered Man's death scene.
(c) The opening battle scene in The Red Badge of Courage.
(d) The river crossing scene.

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

5. When did Schary return to work for M-G-M after his first stint of employment there?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1940.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who was the leapfrog director on "The Red Badge of Courage"?

4. What was John Huston's weekly salary for "The Red Badge Of Courage"?

5. What does Huston often do in pictures he directs?

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