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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 movie was released in 1987, shortly after Huston's death, that he directed?
(a) "The Quick and the Dead."
(b) "Moonstruck."
(c) "Wall Street."
(d) "The Dead."

2. Which film was Huston directing in Rome in 1965?
(a) "Italian Soda."
(b) "Those Hats!"
(c) "Roman Holiday."
(d) "The Bible."

3. Which of the following jobs did Schary once hold before getting into show business?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Neck tie salesperson.
(d) Lawyer.

4. What part or parts of the film were Huston and Reinhardt waiting for insurance approval on before filming in the section titled "Everything Has Just Gone Zoom"?
(a) Crossing the Sacramento River.
(b) The horseback riding scenes.
(c) The battle scenes with the fake bullets.
(d) The stabbing scenes.

5. What does Huston demonstrate to Dierkes physically in the section titled "Everything Has Just Gone Zoom"?
(a) How to mount a horse convincingly.
(b) How to make another actor let go of him as he falls.
(c) How to cut a rope with a knife.
(d) How to shoot a prop gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many scenes were shot on the first day of filming "The Red Badge of Courage"?

2. Who is the woman at M-G-M whose opinion Reinhardt and Huston both value greatly?

3. How did Silvia Reinhardt feel about accompanying her husband Gottfried to the filming location for "The Red Badge of Courage"?

4. Who was the leapfrog director on "The Red Badge of Courage"?

5. Where does Reinhardt live?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was one of the least expensive, but, in Huston's estimation, important shots of the film?

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

9. 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?

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

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