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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many scenes were shot on the first day of filming "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) 11.
(b) 20.
(c) 50.
(d) 100.

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

3. Who did Huston say was the greatest actor in the picture he directed in Rome in 1965?
(a) Himself.
(b) Jimmy Stewart.
(c) Humphrey Bogart.
(d) The hippo.

4. Who is John Huston's assistant?
(a) Arthur Fellows.
(b) Arthur Band.
(c) James Fallows.
(d) Robert Rich.

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

6. Who was the leapfrog director on "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) Arthur Freed.
(b) Robert Redford.
(c) James Jeffries.
(d) Andrew Morton.

7. What was Audie Murphy's weekly salary for "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) $15,000.
(b) $2,500.
(c) $4,000.
(d) $8,000.

8. How many scenes in total were there in the movie "The Red Badge of Courage" on the original shooting schedule?
(a) 830.
(b) 250.
(c) 108.
(d) 347.

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

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

11. What was John Huston's weekly salary for "The Red Badge Of Courage"?
(a) $8,000.
(b) $15,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $4,000.

12. 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."

13. What picture did Huston film scenes for in the Central Park Zoo in 1969?
(a) "Zoo Trip."
(b) "Portnoy's Complaint."
(c) "The Kremlin Letter."
(d) "My Friend Flippa."

14. What does Reinhardt write to Schary to apologize for in the section titled "Everything Has Just Gone Zoom"?
(a) Missing Schary's birthday.
(b) Nixing his ideas for the script.
(c) Getting angry with him about a production matter.
(d) Going over budget on the film.

15. Where does Reinhardt live?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Bel Air.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which famous Civil War photographer does Huston repeatedly refer to when talking about shots for "The Red Badge of Courage"?

2. What is increasingly bothering Reinhardt in the section titled "Everything Has Just Gone Zoom"?

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

4. For which film did Huston win two Oscars?

5. Who is Angelica Huston's husband?

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