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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. What does the writer of the foreword say Huston and Ross shared?
(a) A zip code.
(b) A birthday.
(c) A boundless interest in life.
(d) Many lovely meals together.

2. What work of Ross's does the writer of the foreword quote from in the foroward?
(a) The New Yorker's Greatest Hits.
(b) Vanity Fair Exposed.
(c) Reporting.
(d) A Reporter's Life in Hollywood.

3. Which restaurant does Ross go to with Huston in the section "Throw the Little Old Lady Down the Stairs!"?
(a) Chase's.
(b) 21.
(c) The Regal Room.
(d) Sardi's.

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

5. Which restaurant does Ross go to with Dore Schary and others in the section "Throw The Little Old Lady Down the Stairs!"?
(a) Chasen's.
(b) Bar Italia.
(c) Sardi's.
(d) Angelo's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following films did Huston direct?

2. What is Ross's son's name?

3. In what year did Huston first move to New York?

4. Who is the part of The Tall Soldier played by in "The Red Badge of Courage"?

5. What relationship does the person who writes the foreward to Picture have to John Huston?

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