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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Schary suggest about the film's music in the section titled "What's Wrong With Mocha's Opinion?"?
(a) He wants the music to be louder.
(b) He wants to scrap all the music and start over from scrach.
(c) He wants to take out the music during the scene where the boy writes the letter.
(d) He wants to the music to be more emotional.

2. Who tries to watch the film with Schary, Reinhardt and Huston as Schary's house in the section titled "What's Wrong With Mocha's Opinion?"?
(a) Mocha.
(b) Schary's wife.
(c) Schary's children.
(d) L.B. Mayer.

3. What is Schary's new desk lamp made in the figure of in the section titled "What's Wrong With Mocha's Opinion?"?
(a) A lantern.
(b) A fish.
(c) A sword.
(d) A Viking.

4. What does Mayer angrily tell Reinhardt after the feedback from the previews of "The Red Badge of Courage" start coming in?
(a) Reinhardt tried his best and he should be proud.
(b) Reinhardt should not work with Huston again.
(c) Reinhardt would be a better director than a producer.
(d) Reinhardt does not seem to want to make money.

5. What does Reinhardt tell the studio executives about how he would like the studio to market the picture?
(a) He wants them to emphasize the bloodiness of the picture.
(b) He wants them to emphasize the star power of the actors in the film.
(c) He wants them to market it as an important picture like "The Good Earth" or "Mutiny on the Bounty."
(d) He wants them to emphasize the war scenes.

6. What does Reinhardt tell Huston Mayer asked him about the film in the section titled "Piccolos Under Your Name, Strings Under Mine"?
(a) Whether the film had a story.
(b) Whether the film was over budget.
(c) Whether the film had good acting.
(d) Whether the film had been fun to make.

7. What does Band say the audiences hated about Durant?
(a) His grimace.
(b) His feet.
(c) His beard.
(d) His high-pitched voice.

8. What does Silvia Reinhardt suggest she and Gottfried do after the previews of "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) Get out of town for a day's rest.
(b) Quit the movie business entirely.
(c) Move back to New York City.
(d) Move to Berlin.

9. Where does Dore Schary give a speech about film making in the section titled "What's Wrong With Mocha's Opinion?"?
(a) The Drama Festival at the College of the Pacific.
(b) The Columbia University Film School.
(c) The Oscars.
(d) The Screen Actors' Guild Awards.

10. What part of making art does Schary say is important?
(a) The motivation.
(b) The collaboration.
(c) The uncertainty.
(d) The discipline.

11. Which of the following is one of the most important shots of the film, according to Huston?
(a) When The Tattered Man talks about war.
(b) When The Youth comes upon the Dead Soldier.
(c) When The Youth dies.
(d) When the soldiers cross the river.

12. What does Booth say needs to be cut from the film in one of her first passes through it?
(a) The digging scenes, and the close-ups on the faces.
(b) The lengthy battle scenes.
(c) The river-crossing scene.
(d) The death scene of the main character.

13. What phrase does Huston dub in in place of the original "Gone Coon"?
(a) Gone Goose.
(b) Gone Snake.
(c) Gone Possum.
(d) Gone Badger.

14. What does Schary say he thinks all music in the movies has to be to be effective?
(a) Overbearing.
(b) Soft.
(c) Cliche.
(d) Loud.

15. When was the first preview for a general audience of the film "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) May, 1946.
(b) March, 1954.
(c) February, 1951.
(d) April, 1950.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What musical did Mayer particularly love in the early 1950s?

4. What does Huston want to give to his friend Durant as a gift from the movie?

5. What does Reinhardt tell Ross about Huston's demeanor following the film's preview in February 1951?

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