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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who played The Tattered Man in "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) Spencer Tracy.
(b) Royal Dano.
(c) Paul Parson.
(d) Montgomery Clift.

2. What was the title of the story Ross wrote in which she detailed her first meeting with John Huston?
(a) An Actor's Director.
(b) Meeting a Legend.
(c) Come In, Lassie!
(d) Huston Lives.

3. Where was Gottfriend Reinhardt born?
(a) New York City.
(b) London.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Dublin.

4. Who was the unit manager for "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) Arthur Band.
(b) Lee Katz.
(c) Red Miller.
(d) Thomas Freed.

5. What relationship does the person who writes the foreward to Picture have to John Huston?
(a) Agent.
(b) Mentor.
(c) Child-Parent.
(d) Best Friend.

6. Which of the following studio executives did not want to make "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) Samuel Goldwyn.
(b) L.B. Mayer.
(c) Howard Ross.
(d) Dore Schary.

7. What was Huston's fortieth movie?
(a) "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."
(b) "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner."
(c) "Prizzi's Honor."
(d) "The Witches."

8. What did Huston want the extras in the film to look like?
(a) Meek, solemn men.
(b) Sick men.
(c) Tough, grizzled men.
(d) Angry men.

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

10. Which film was Huston directing in Rome in 1965?
(a) "Those Hats!"
(b) "Roman Holiday."
(c) "Italian Soda."
(d) "The Bible."

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

12. What is increasingly bothering Reinhardt in the section titled "Everything Has Just Gone Zoom"?
(a) The quality of the catering.
(b) The cost of the film.
(c) Problems he sees with the script.
(d) The quality of the acting.

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

14. What is one of Reinhardt's main concerns as the filming of "The Red Badge of Courage" begins?
(a) The constant attention that the star, Audie Murphy, needs from Huston.
(b) The problems with the music.
(c) The problems with the casting director.
(d) The cost of the film.

15. What is the weather like during the first days of shooting "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) Terribly rainy with hurricane-force winds.
(b) Pleasant and warm, about 70 degrees.
(c) Very cold - below freezing.
(d) Very hot - over 100 degrees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Angelica Huston's husband?

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

3. Where does Reinhardt live?

4. What award does John Huston ask Lillian Ross to accept on his behalf in 1986?

5. Which of the following actors starred in the film "Key Largo"?

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