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

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

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

4. What does the writer of the foreword say Huston and Ross shared?
(a) Many lovely meals together.
(b) A boundless interest in life.
(c) A birthday.
(d) A zip code.

5. In what year did Huston first move to New York?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1940.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Schary in the summer of 1950?

2. What is Dore Schary's job at M-G-M?

3. Who was John Huston's father?

4. When did Schary return to work for M-G-M after his first stint of employment there?

5. Which actor did Reinhardt think might be a better choice for the main role in "The Red Badge of Courage" than Audie Murphy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Reinhardt insist upon during the film's production that is a somewhat unusual request so he can track the progress of filming closely?

2. As the pre-filming rehearsals drag on, what is the mood and atmosphere among the cast and crew?

3. Why does Dore Schary tell Ross he knows L.B. Mayer so well?

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

5. What does Huston's personal assistant, Albert Band, hope to do in the film?

6. What does John Huston say to Ross when he calls her at home about a week before his death in 1987?

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. How does Audie Murphy behave during his first meeting with John Huston in the first section of the book?

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

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