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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the part of The Tall Soldier played by in "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) Audie Murphy.
(b) John Dierkes.
(c) Dusty Bend.
(d) Arthur Band.

2. Which of the following films did Huston direct?
(a) "Saving Private Ryan."
(b) "Some Like it Hot."
(c) "The Quick and the Dead."
(d) "The Maltese Falcon."

3. What is Dore Schary's job at M-G-M?
(a) Head of Composition.
(b) Head of Cinematography.
(c) Head of Publicity.
(d) Head of Production.

4. What is one of Reinhardt's main concerns as the filming of "The Red Badge of Courage" begins?
(a) The problems with the casting director.
(b) The constant attention that the star, Audie Murphy, needs from Huston.
(c) The problems with the music.
(d) The cost of the film.

5. What is Jack Aldworth's job on the film?
(a) Aldworth is in charge of keeping a detailed log of the film's shooting schedule to send back to the studio.
(b) Aldworth sets up the catering truck.
(c) Aldworth is the casting director.
(d) Aldworth is the medic on scene.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the writer of the foreword say Huston and Ross shared?

2. For which film did Huston win two Oscars?

3. What movie was released in 1987, shortly after Huston's death, that he directed?

4. What picture does Schary tell Ross he loves in the section titled "Everything Has Just Gone Zoom"?

5. Which restaurant does Ross go to with Huston in the section "Throw the Little Old Lady Down the Stairs!"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of a relationship did Ross have with John Huston later in their lives, as outlined by Huston's daughter Angelica Huston in the Foreword?

2. Why does Reinhardt feel that it is so important that "The Red Badge of Courage" is a great picture?

3. What hobby is Huston deeply interested in that has nothing to do with Hollywood, as Ross describes it in the first section of the book?

4. Why do Dore Schary and Gottfried Reinhardt hesitate to agree to cast Audie Murphy in the main role in "The Red Badge of Courage"?

5. What famous Civil War photographer does Huston reference several times in relation to the look of his own film shots in the first section of the book?

6. What unusual tactic does Huston intend to use to direct the picture?

7. What kind of responsibility does Ross feel she has to the people she writes about, as outlined from an excerpt from her book Reporting in the Foreword?

8. What does Huston regret making a mistake on during the filming in the second section of the book?

9. What does Huston tell Murphy about the difference between fear in a man and fear in a youth?

10. How do Huston and Reinhardt seem to view the impending start to their filming of "The Red Badge of Courage" in the week before rehearsals begin?

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