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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 Schary's new desk lamp made in the figure of in the section titled "What's Wrong With Mocha's Opinion?"?
(a) A sword.
(b) A lantern.
(c) A Viking.
(d) A fish.

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

3. Who does Silvia Reinhardt tell Gottfried Reinhardt should be at the preview?
(a) Jennifer Hudson.
(b) Mocha, their dog.
(c) Their son Randall.
(d) Gottfried's father Max.

4. What musical did Mayer particularly love in the early 1950s?
(a) West Side Story.
(b) Miss Saigon.
(c) Showboat.
(d) An American in Paris.

5. Which scene did Willie Wyler tell Huston was the most amazing scene he ever watched?
(a) The Youth's death scene.
(b) The river crossing scene.
(c) The Tattered Man's death scene.
(d) The opening battle scene in The Red Badge of Courage.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Reinhardt say he feels about previews?

2. Who does Freed say is the studio's biggest star in the early 1950s?

3. What did Murphy tell Reinhardt about his feelings towards German soldiers during WWII?

4. What scenes does Schary particularly like in the finished version of the film?

5. What does Schary suggest about the film's music in the section titled "What's Wrong With Mocha's Opinion?"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What picture is Huston slated to start work on immediately after finishing "The Red Badge of Courage"?

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

3. What does Reinhardt tell Ross about his relationship with Margaret Booth?

4. What premise does the musical composer Bronislau Kaper bring to every film he works on?

5. What does Reinhardt tell Ross about what usually happens to a film once the director is through with it?

6. What is the purpose of the so-called "leapfrog" method of directing and shooting a film?

7. In the beginning of Part IV, what does Schary tell Huston and Reinhardt is a significant positive sign for their film?

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

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

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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