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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 142 - 171).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What company's stock is Dore Schary's new contract with M-G-M supplemented with in the section titled "Piccolos Under Your Name, Strings Under Mine"?
(a) Amazon's.
(b) Loew's.
(c) Universal's.
(d) Purdue's.

2. What does the M-G-M publicity person tell Ross about selling war pictures?
(a) It is the easiest kind of film to sell.
(b) You can sell the war film if the hero is compelling enough.
(c) It is hard to do.
(d) People are sick of war after living through WWII in real life.

3. What does Reinhardt think about how the scenes with the extras look?
(a) Reinhardt thinks they are doing magnificent work with 200 extras, when he would have preferred to have 2,000.
(b) Reinhardt thinks the extras are too lacking in film experience.
(c) Reinhardt thinks they need more extras to make it look convincing.
(d) Reinhardt thinks they have too many extras.

4. What does Schary say is the answer to cynicism?
(a) Humor.
(b) Sentimentality.
(c) Courage.
(d) Profit.

5. How does Reinhardt say the studio should use Audie Murphy in the film?
(a) They should exploit his experience as a real-life soldier.
(b) They should have him star in at least three more films as soon as he is done filming their picture.
(c) They should encourage him to retire from acting after doing their film.
(d) They should make him do interviews about his acting experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Arthur Band's duties on the film?

2. What does Huston tell Dietz he loves in idle conversation in the section "Piccolos Under Your Name, Strings Under Mine"?

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

4. What privilege did Arthur Freed enjoy at M-G-M?

5. Why does Reinhardt tell Ross he has not bought a house in Hollywood yet?

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