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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Foreward - Page 52).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For which film did Huston win two Oscars?
(a) "The Maltese Falcon."
(b) "The Bridges of Madison County."
(c) "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
(d) "Dirty Harry."

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

3. Which of the following studio executives did not want to make "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) Dore Schary.
(b) L.B. Mayer.
(c) Howard Ross.
(d) Samuel Goldwyn.

4. What was the title of the story Ross wrote in which she detailed her first meeting with John Huston?
(a) Huston Lives.
(b) Come In, Lassie!
(c) An Actor's Director.
(d) Meeting a Legend.

5. What relationship does the person who writes the foreward to Picture have to John Huston?
(a) Agent.
(b) Mentor.
(c) Best Friend.
(d) Child-Parent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Huston tell Audie Murphy the two would do once they got to Chico?

2. Who writes the foreward to Picture?

3. What is the name of the character at the center of the story in "The Red Badge of Courage"?

4. Who did Huston say was the greatest actor in the picture he directed in Rome in 1965?

5. What is the title of Ross's article that would eventually be turned into the book Picture?

(see the answer key)

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