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

2. What does the M-G-M publicity director tell Ross about how they will know whether "The Red Badge of Courage" is a great film?
(a) They will know when L.B. Mayer sees it.
(b) They will know on the last day of filming.
(c) They will know by how the actors are talking about it.
(d) They will know when audiences see it for the first time.

3. What was the name of the documentary Huston made during WWII that he was well-known for?
(a) "The Beach at Normandy."
(b) "The Battle of the Bulge."
(c) "The Battle of San Pietro."
(d) "The Battle of the Seine."

4. What musical did Mayer particularly love in the early 1950s?
(a) Miss Saigon.
(b) West Side Story.
(c) An American in Paris.
(d) Showboat.

5. How does Reinhardt say he feels about previews?
(a) He gets too worked up to go to them.
(b) He says they are necessary to see how the audience reacts.
(c) He loves them.
(d) He dreads them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What movie was released in 1987, shortly after Huston's death, that he directed?

2. Where was Gottfriend Reinhardt born?

3. What does Mrs. Schary suggest in place of the racial epithet "coon" for use in the film?

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

5. Which writer works on the script for "The African Queen" with Huston?

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