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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) Brady.
(b) Bend.
(c) Bartley.
(d) Baxter.

2. 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 cost of the film.
(c) The problems with the music.
(d) The constant attention that the star, Audie Murphy, needs from Huston.

3. What did Huston want the extras in the film to look like?
(a) Meek, solemn men.
(b) Sick men.
(c) Angry men.
(d) Tough, grizzled men.

4. What work of Ross's does the writer of the foreword quote from in the foroward?
(a) Vanity Fair Exposed.
(b) A Reporter's Life in Hollywood.
(c) Reporting.
(d) The New Yorker's Greatest Hits.

5. Which of the following studio executives did not want to make "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) Dore Schary.
(b) L.B. Mayer.
(c) Samuel Goldwyn.
(d) Howard Ross.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Angelica Huston's husband?

2. Which of the following words does Huston take out of the script to appease the censors?

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

4. Who is responsible for a picture's failure, according to Reinhardt?

5. How many scenes in total were there in the movie "The Red Badge of Courage" on the original shooting schedule?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. What is Huston looking for in the local men who come to audition for the roles of extras?

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

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

10. What does Reinhardt say about the perception of a director's and producer's roles in the success or failure of a movie?

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