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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 53 - 94).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What award does John Huston ask Lillian Ross to accept on his behalf in 1986?
(a) The Oscar.
(b) The Brandeis University Creative Arts Award.
(c) The Screen Actor's Guild Award.
(d) The Emmy.

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 battle scenes with the fake bullets.
(b) Crossing the Sacramento River.
(c) The stabbing scenes.
(d) The horseback riding scenes.

3. What is the title of Ross's article that would eventually be turned into the book Picture?
(a) "Production Number 1512."
(b) "The Story of a War Film."
(c) "The Civil War Explained."
(d) "A War Film."

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

5. Who writes the foreward to Picture?
(a) John Huston.
(b) Rikki Huston.
(c) Gottfried Reinhardt.
(d) Angelica Huston.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How old was Schary in the summer of 1950?

4. Which restaurant does Ross go to with Dore Schary and others in the section "Throw The Little Old Lady Down the Stairs!"?

5. What did Huston want the extras in the film to look like?

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