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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) 1956.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1935.
2. What did Huston tell Audie Murphy the two would do once they got to Chico?
(a) Go hiking.
(b) Go betting on horses.
(c) Go fishing.
(d) Go hunting.
3. What was John Huston's weekly salary for "The Red Badge Of Courage"?
(a) $4,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $15,000.
(d) $8,000.
4. Who starred in Huston's fortieth movie?
(a) Spencer Tracy.
(b) Angelica Huston.
(c) Audie Murphy.
(d) Jimmy Stewart.
5. Who was John Huston's father?
(a) Robert Huston.
(b) Walter Huston.
(c) David Huston.
(d) James Huston.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which animal is the symbol for M-G-M?
2. In what year did Huston first move to New York?
3. Which of the following films did Huston direct?
4. What did Huston want the extras in the film to look like?
5. What is the name of Reinhardt's dog?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Ross decide early on in writing Picture to make as her four leading "characters"?
2. Why does Reinhardt write a letter to Huston on the day the shooting of the film is to start?
3. 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?
4. Why does Dore Schary tell Ross he knows L.B. Mayer so well?
5. 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?
6. How does Audie Murphy behave during his first meeting with John Huston in the first section of the book?
7. How does Ross describe director John Huston in the section titled "Throw the Little Old Lady Down the Stairs"?
8. What unusual tactic does Huston intend to use to direct the picture?
9. Why do Dore Schary and Gottfried Reinhardt hesitate to agree to cast Audie Murphy in the main role in "The Red Badge of Courage"?
10. What does Huston tell Murphy about the difference between fear in a man and fear in a youth?
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