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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. Which animal is the symbol for M-G-M?
(a) A lion.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A bear.
(d) A tiger.

2. 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.

3. What does Huston demonstrate to Dierkes physically in the section titled "Everything Has Just Gone Zoom"?
(a) How to shoot a prop gun.
(b) How to mount a horse convincingly.
(c) How to cut a rope with a knife.
(d) How to make another actor let go of him as he falls.

4. Why does Reinhardt write a long letter to Huston the day filming on "The Red Badge of Courage" begins?
(a) To try to convince him not to make the film.
(b) To caution him about the cost of the film.
(c) To both encourage and guide him.
(d) To tell him he can not direct the film.

5. What was the title of the last "Talk of the Town" piece Ross wrote for The New Yorker about Huston?
(a) "Filming in Rome."
(b) "Forty."
(c) "A Great Director."
(d) "A Hard Exit."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Reinhardt's dog?

2. What is one of Reinhardt's main concerns as the filming of "The Red Badge of Courage" begins?

3. What is the weather like during the first days of shooting "The Red Badge of Courage"?

4. What does Reinhardt tell Huston L.B. Mayer said to him about making "The Red Badge of Courage"?

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

(see the answer key)

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