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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. What is the weather like during the first days of shooting "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) Very hot - over 100 degrees.
(b) Terribly rainy with hurricane-force winds.
(c) Very cold - below freezing.
(d) Pleasant and warm, about 70 degrees.

2. Who is responsible for a picture's failure, according to Reinhardt?
(a) The director.
(b) The composer.
(c) The actor.
(d) The producer.

3. What is the title of Ross's article that would eventually be turned into the book Picture?
(a) "The Civil War Explained."
(b) "A War Film."
(c) "Production Number 1512."
(d) "The Story of a War Film."

4. Which animal is the symbol for M-G-M?
(a) A tiger.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A bear.
(d) A lion.

5. Who was in charge of making musical films for M-G-M in the 1950s?
(a) Mark Meadows.
(b) James Fallows.
(c) Arthur Freed.
(d) Arthur Bend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which famous Civil War photographer does Huston repeatedly refer to when talking about shots for "The Red Badge of Courage"?

2. Which of the following films did Huston direct?

3. What was Audie Murphy's weekly salary for "The Red Badge of Courage"?

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

5. What work of Ross's does the writer of the foreword quote from in the foroward?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Reinhardt write a letter to Huston on the day the shooting of the film is to start?

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

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

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

5. Who does Ross decide early on in writing Picture to make as her four leading "characters"?

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

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. What is L.B. Mayer's strongest objection to the M-G-M studio making "The Red Badge of Courage"?

9. How does Ross describe director John Huston in the section titled "Throw the Little Old Lady Down the Stairs"?

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

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