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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Schary tell Ross about how he sees his own career trajectory?
(a) He wants to become head of the studio.
(b) He wants to get out of the film business in about 10 years.
(c) He wants to be a writer.
(d) He wants to be an actor.

2. What does Huston want to give to his friend Durant as a gift from the movie?
(a) A prop of a hunting coat.
(b) A prop of a knife.
(c) A photograph.
(d) A sword.

3. Who is the composer for the film "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) Spencer Tracy.
(b) Bronislau Kaper.
(c) Red Skelton.
(d) Arthur Feidler.

4. What does Mrs. Schary suggest in place of the racial epithet "coon" for use in the film?
(a) Chipmunk.
(b) Possum.
(c) Badger.
(d) Skunk.

5. Why does Reinhardt tell Ross he has not bought a house in Hollywood yet?
(a) He has a house already in Berlin.
(b) He knows he does not want to be tied to the place.
(c) He thinks they are too expensive.
(d) His wife can not decide on one.

6. Who is Huston's friend that he met at the race track and then cast as an extra?
(a) Benny Burt.
(b) Jeremy Hunt.
(c) Arthur Dent.
(d) Douglas Adams.

7. 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 had been fun to make.
(c) Whether the film had good acting.
(d) Whether the film was over budget.

8. What company's stock is Dore Schary's new contract with M-G-M supplemented with in the section titled "Piccolos Under Your Name, Strings Under Mine"?
(a) Amazon's.
(b) Loew's.
(c) Universal's.
(d) Purdue's.

9. What does Huston tell Dietz he loves in idle conversation in the section "Piccolos Under Your Name, Strings Under Mine"?
(a) Risotto.
(b) Beef.
(c) Wild duck.
(d) Wild Boar.

10. What does Albert Band end up doing at M-G-M after Huston leaves for Africa?
(a) He becomes an actor.
(b) He becomes Schary's assistant.
(c) He becomes an assistant director.
(d) He becomes Reinhardt's assistant.

11. Who does Freed say is the studio's biggest star in the early 1950s?
(a) John Huston.
(b) Esther Williams.
(c) Greta Garbo.
(d) Spencer Tracy.

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

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

14. What is the composer on the "Red Badge of Courage" convinced of about every film he works on?
(a) Music is the hardest part of a film to work on.
(b) There is something in the picture that is wrong, and his music can fix it.
(c) Music is the most important part of the film.
(d) Music can sometimes take away from a film's story.

15. Which influential entertainment columnist liked "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) Hedda Hopper.
(b) Louise Day.
(c) Jennifer Huxton.
(d) Barbara Bradley.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Huston and Reinhardt feel when filming of "The Red Badge of Courage" ends?

2. What scenes does Schary particularly like in the finished version of the film?

3. What does Silvia Reinhardt suggest she and Gottfried do after the previews of "The Red Badge of Courage"?

4. What does the M-G-M publicity person tell Ross sells pictures?

5. What does Schary tell Reinhardt about his feelings on Audie Murphy in the section titled "Piccolos Under Your Name, Strings Under Mine"?

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