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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 does Reinhardt say was wrong with the audience members at the second full preview?
(a) They were too poor.
(b) They were too wealthy.
(c) They were mostly high on drugs.
(d) They were too young to appreciate the movie.

2. What does the M-G-M publicity director tell Ross about how they will know whether "The Red Badge of Courage" is a great film?
(a) They will know by how the actors are talking about it.
(b) They will know on the last day of filming.
(c) They will know when L.B. Mayer sees it.
(d) They will know when audiences see it for the first time.

3. Where does Dore Schary give a speech about film making in the section titled "What's Wrong With Mocha's Opinion?"?
(a) The Columbia University Film School.
(b) The Drama Festival at the College of the Pacific.
(c) The Oscars.
(d) The Screen Actors' Guild Awards.

4. What does Schary tell Reinhardt about his feelings on Audie Murphy in the section titled "Piccolos Under Your Name, Strings Under Mine"?
(a) Murphy's war experience really shines through in this picture.
(b) Murphy is too depressed to be a good actor.
(c) Murphy is much better than Schary expected him to be.
(d) Murphy is ruining the picture.

5. What does Schary tell Ross about how he sees his own career trajectory?
(a) He wants to be an actor.
(b) He wants to be a writer.
(c) He wants to get out of the film business in about 10 years.
(d) He wants to become head of the studio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reinhardt ask Band to do for him when they arrive at Romanoff's party in the section titled "Piccolos Under Your Name, Strings Under Mine"?

2. Who tries to watch the film with Schary, Reinhardt and Huston as Schary's house in the section titled "What's Wrong With Mocha's Opinion?"?

3. What kind of a room does Schary say he likes to work in?

4. Who is Huston's friend that he met at the race track and then cast as an extra?

5. What is one of Arthur Band's duties on the film?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Reinhardt and Huston feel about the audience's reaction to the film immediately following the first preview?

2. By the end of Part III of the book, how is Reinhardt feeling about "The Red Badge of Courage's" prospects?

3. What does Schary tell Ross about the effects of pressures and constraints on the artistic endeavors of film-makers?

4. In Part III, what does Dore Schary tell Reinhardt about his opinion on the progress of the picture and on Audie Murphy's performance particularly?

5. Who does Silvia Reinhardt tell her husband wanted to come to the preview but that she has left at home?

6. What does Schary lament about the promotional prospects for the film after viewing it with Huston and Reinhardt at his home in Part IV?

7. How do the producers and professionals involved in making a film gauge whether L.B. Mayer liked the film after viewing the preview?

8. How does one of the extras, Benny Burt, know John Huston personally?

9. Where does the cast and crew shoot the film's major battle scenes during Part III of the book?

10. In Part III, when the film's shooting is almost entirely done, what main concern does Reinhardt express to Huston about the film?

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