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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Schary say is the only controversy about "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) Whether it is a true depiction of war.
(b) Whether the acting is good enough.
(c) Whether the director really knows what he is doing.
(d) Whether it will be a success or a failure.

2. What is Gottfried Reinhardt's job on "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) Director.
(b) Producer.
(c) Head of Casting.
(d) Composer.

3. What is the name of Reinhardt's dog?
(a) Mocha.
(b) Fluffy.
(c) Jake.
(d) Barry.

4. What does Reinhardt tell Huston L.B. Mayer said to him about making "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) Mayer told him he must make the picture.
(b) Mayer told him making the picture might help his career.
(c) Mayer begged him not to make the picture.
(d) Mayer told him it would be the last picture he ever made.

5. What is the name of the character at the center of the story in "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) The Youth.
(b) Robert.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Frankie.

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

7. How old was Schary in the summer of 1950?
(a) 45.
(b) 60.
(c) 30.
(d) 50.

8. 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 casting director.
(c) The cost of the film.
(d) The problems with the music.

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

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

11. Who is responsible for a picture's failure, according to Reinhardt?
(a) The producer.
(b) The actor.
(c) The composer.
(d) The director.

12. What picture does Schary tell Ross he loves in the section titled "Everything Has Just Gone Zoom"?
(a) The Next Voice You Hear.
(b) Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.
(c) The Coonnaught Five.
(d) The Wonder Years.

13. What was the title of the last "Talk of the Town" piece Ross wrote for The New Yorker about Huston?
(a) "A Great Director."
(b) "Forty."
(c) "A Hard Exit."
(d) "Filming in Rome."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Audie Murphy's weekly salary for "The Red Badge of Courage"?

2. What was Huston's fortieth movie?

3. What work of Ross's does the writer of the foreword quote from in the foroward?

4. What is the title of Ross's article that would eventually be turned into the book Picture?

5. Who is responsible for a hit picture, according to Reinhardt?

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