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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 172 - 219).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What movie was released in 1987, shortly after Huston's death, that he directed?
(a) "Wall Street."
(b) "The Dead."
(c) "The Quick and the Dead."
(d) "Moonstruck."

3. Which trilogy did Reinhardt produce in the 1950s?
(a) "Ordinary People."
(b) "The Story of Three Loves."
(c) "Lives and Loves Lost."
(d) "Love's Labors Lost."

4. Which film was Huston directing in Rome in 1965?
(a) "Those Hats!"
(b) "Roman Holiday."
(c) "Italian Soda."
(d) "The Bible."

5. What does the M-G-M publicity person tell Ross about selling war pictures?
(a) People are sick of war after living through WWII in real life.
(b) It is hard to do.
(c) It is the easiest kind of film to sell.
(d) You can sell the war film if the hero is compelling enough.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following jobs did Schary once hold before getting into show business?

2. How many scenes were shot on the first day of filming "The Red Badge of Courage"?

3. 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"?

4. When was the first preview for a general audience of the film "The Red Badge of Courage"?

5. 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"?

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