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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 95 - 141).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was the original shooting schedule for "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) 40 days.
(b) 80 days.
(c) 60 days.
(d) 34 days.

2. What part or parts of the film were Huston and Reinhardt waiting for insurance approval on before filming in the section titled "Everything Has Just Gone Zoom"?
(a) The horseback riding scenes.
(b) The battle scenes with the fake bullets.
(c) Crossing the Sacramento River.
(d) The stabbing scenes.

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

4. Who starred in Huston's fortieth movie?
(a) Audie Murphy.
(b) Angelica Huston.
(c) Spencer Tracy.
(d) Jimmy Stewart.

5. What did Huston want the extras in the film to look like?
(a) Angry men.
(b) Tough, grizzled men.
(c) Sick men.
(d) Meek, solemn men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Huston tell Dietz he loves in idle conversation in the section "Piccolos Under Your Name, Strings Under Mine"?

2. What does Schary tell Ross about Huston's powers of persuasion?

3. What work of Ross's does the writer of the foreword quote from in the foroward?

4. Who is Angelica Huston's husband?

5. Which film was Huston directing in Rome in 1965?

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