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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. When was the first preview for a general audience of the film "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) March, 1954.
(b) April, 1950.
(c) May, 1946.
(d) February, 1951.

2. What does Huston do continuously during the casting of the film's extras?
(a) Sketch.
(b) Click his lighter.
(c) Gaze out the window.
(d) Eat sandwiches.

3. What is Dore Schary's job at M-G-M?
(a) Head of Production.
(b) Head of Composition.
(c) Head of Cinematography.
(d) Head of Publicity.

4. What does Huston cable to Reinhardt when Reinhardt writes to him to tell him about the changes in "The Red Badge of Courage" in "Looks Like We're Still in Business"?
(a) It was all Reinhardt's fault that things had gone wrong.
(b) Not to worry too much and that he knew he had fought the good fight.
(c) Reinhardt should leave the studio and start his own company.
(d) Reinhardt should try acting for a change.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the Hustons and the Reinhardts go to dinner when John Huston gets back to the U.S. from filming in Africa?

2. What musical did Mayer particularly love in the early 1950s?

3. What surprises Huston about the very first showing of "The Red Badge of Courage"?

4. Who does Freed say is the studio's biggest star in the early 1950s?

5. What does Silvia Reinhardt suggest she and Gottfried do after the previews of "The Red Badge of Courage"?

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