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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 95 - 141).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Reinhardt tell Huston L.B. Mayer said to him about making "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) Mayer told him making the picture might help his career.
(b) Mayer told him he must make the picture.
(c) Mayer told him it would be the last picture he ever made.
(d) Mayer begged him not to make the picture.

4. What movie did Albert Band say he thought "The Red Badge of Courage" would be greater than?
(a) "Thirty Days."
(b) "Gone With the Wind."
(c) "The Birth of a Nation."
(d) "The Cave of Riches."

5. What surprises Huston about the very first showing of "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) He was surprised by the long running time.
(b) He was surprised by how sad the actors looked on screen.
(c) He was surprised by how emotional he felt.
(d) He says he did not know the picture was in color.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is one of the most important shots of the film, according to Huston?

2. What film does Reinhardt begin work on after "The Red Badge of Courage"?

3. What does Huston want to give to his friend Durant as a gift from the movie?

4. Who is Huston's friend that he met at the race track and then cast as an extra?

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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