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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. When did Schary return to work for M-G-M after his first stint of employment there?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1940.
2. Which columnist wrote about the plans for "The Red Badge of Courage" before its production began?
(a) Marlee Hopper.
(b) Harley Davies.
(c) Louella Parsons.
(d) Hedda Gustafson.
3. How many scenes in total were there in the movie "The Red Badge of Courage" on the original shooting schedule?
(a) 347.
(b) 830.
(c) 250.
(d) 108.
4. What is the name of Huston's adopted son?
(a) Corso.
(b) Pablo.
(c) Carl.
(d) Peter.
5. About how much would feeding the cast and crew of the film lunch cost the studio during the filming?
(a) $40,000.
(b) $15,000.
(c) $200,000.
(d) $100,000.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Dore Schary's job at M-G-M?
2. Who starred in Huston's fortieth movie?
3. Which of the following studio executives did not want to make "The Red Badge of Courage"?
4. What is Ross's son's name?
5. Which film was Huston directing in Rome in 1965?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Ross describe director John Huston in the section titled "Throw the Little Old Lady Down the Stairs"?
2. What is Huston looking for in the local men who come to audition for the roles of extras?
3. 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?
4. What unusual tactic does Huston intend to use to direct the picture?
5. Why does Reinhardt write a letter to Huston on the day the shooting of the film is to start?
6. What was one of the least expensive, but, in Huston's estimation, important shots of the film?
7. 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?
8. Why does Dore Schary tell Ross he knows L.B. Mayer so well?
9. Who does Ross decide early on in writing Picture to make as her four leading "characters"?
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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