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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 is the name of Huston's adopted son?
(a) Pablo.
(b) Carl.
(c) Corso.
(d) Peter.

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

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

4. What is the composer on the "Red Badge of Courage" convinced of about every film he works on?
(a) Music can sometimes take away from a film's story.
(b) Music is the hardest part of a film to work on.
(c) Music is the most important part of the film.
(d) There is something in the picture that is wrong, and his music can fix it.

5. Who is Angelica Huston's husband?
(a) Jacob Fensten.
(b) Robert Graham.
(c) Randall Kennedy.
(d) Robert Frost.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reinhardt tell Huston Mayer asked him about the film in the section titled "Piccolos Under Your Name, Strings Under Mine"?

2. What was the title of the last "Talk of the Town" piece Ross wrote for The New Yorker about Huston?

3. How many scenes were shot on the first day of filming "The Red Badge of Courage"?

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

5. How does Schary usually watch the rushes of films?

(see the answer key)

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