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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What privilege did Arthur Freed enjoy at M-G-M?
(a) The use of Mayer's private dining room.
(b) The use of an unlimited personal budget.
(c) The use of the studio's personal accountants.
(d) The use of the company limo.

2. What does Reinhardt tell Ross about Huston's attitude towards "The Red Badge of Courage" after the negative audience reviews start coming in?
(a) Huston is only concerned with making money.
(b) Huston does not care about the picture anymore.
(c) Huston will blame Reinhardt for the failures.
(d) Huston will want to do many retakes of the picture.

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 fish.
(b) A lantern.
(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 should not work with Huston again.
(b) Reinhardt does not seem to want to make money.
(c) Reinhardt would be a better director than a producer.
(d) Reinhardt tried his best and he should be proud.

5. What does Reinhardt tell Ross about Huston's demeanor following the film's preview in February 1951?
(a) Huston was demolished.
(b) Huston was resilient.
(c) Huston was satisfied.
(d) Huston was bewildered.

6. What does Reinhardt think about how the scenes with the extras look?
(a) Reinhardt thinks they have too many extras.
(b) Reinhardt thinks the extras are too lacking in film experience.
(c) Reinhardt thinks they need more extras to make it look convincing.
(d) Reinhardt thinks they are doing magnificent work with 200 extras, when he would have preferred to have 2,000.

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

8. What does the M-G-M publicity director tell Ross about how they will know whether "The Red Badge of Courage" is a great film?
(a) They will know when audiences see it for the first time.
(b) They will know when L.B. Mayer sees it.
(c) They will know on the last day of filming.
(d) They will know by how the actors are talking about it.

9. 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) Universal's.
(b) Purdue's.
(c) Loew's.
(d) Amazon's.

10. 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.

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

12. Which theater does Reinhardt want "The Red Badge of Courage" to show in?
(a) The Grand Ol' Opry.
(b) The Regal.
(c) The Astor.
(d) The Uptown.

13. Which writer works on the script for "The African Queen" with Huston?
(a) James Robson.
(b) Bill Richardson.
(c) James Agee.
(d) Hamlin Cross.

14. What did Murphy tell Reinhardt about his feelings towards German soldiers during WWII?
(a) He respected German soldiers and it was a mistake to underestimate them.
(b) He hated German soldiers and thought they were unintelligent.
(c) He made good friends with some of the German soldiers he oversaw in the P.O.W. camps.
(d) He felt sorry for the German soldiers because they were losing the war.

15. Where does Reinhardt say they will have to do the retakes for "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) In Death Valley.
(b) In Texas.
(c) In Los Angeles.
(d) In Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which scene did Willie Wyler tell Huston was the most amazing scene he ever watched?

2. How does Reinhardt say he feels about previews?

3. Which actor appeared in the movie, produced by Reinhardt, titled "The Great Sinner"?

4. When does Huston tell Reinhardt he plans to finish the script for "The African Queen"?

5. What does Schary say is the answer to cynicism?

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