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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 172 - 219).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which trilogy did Reinhardt produce in the 1950s?
(a) "Ordinary People."
(b) "Lives and Loves Lost."
(c) "Love's Labors Lost."
(d) "The Story of Three Loves."

4. Which famous Civil War photographer does Huston repeatedly refer to when talking about shots for "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) Bartley.
(b) Brady.
(c) Bend.
(d) Baxter.

5. Which of the following films did Huston direct?
(a) "The Maltese Falcon."
(b) "Saving Private Ryan."
(c) "The Quick and the Dead."
(d) "Some Like it Hot."

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of making art does Schary say is important?

2. Which influential entertainment columnist liked "The Red Badge of Courage"?

3. What scene does Schary suggest taking out altogether in the section titled "What's Wrong with Mocha's Opinion?"?

4. What does the M-G-M publicity person tell Ross about selling war pictures?

5. What does Schary suggest about the film's music in the section titled "What's Wrong With Mocha's Opinion?"?

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