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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 phrase does Huston dub in in place of the original "Gone Coon"?
(a) Gone Snake.
(b) Gone Possum.
(c) Gone Badger.
(d) Gone Goose.

2. Who is Huston's friend that he met at the race track and then cast as an extra?
(a) Jeremy Hunt.
(b) Arthur Dent.
(c) Benny Burt.
(d) Douglas Adams.

3. 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?"?
(a) Schary's children.
(b) Schary's wife.
(c) Mocha.
(d) L.B. Mayer.

4. About how much was the film "The Red Badge of Courage" over budget?
(a) About $30,00.
(b) About $100,000.
(c) About $50,000.
(d) About $200,000.

5. 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"?
(a) Get him some food and drink.
(b) Go home and feed Mocha, his dog.
(c) Drive to Huston's house to pick him up and bring him to the party.
(d) Call his wife and tell her they will be later than expected.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How does Reinhardt say he feels about previews?

3. What does Huston want to give to his friend Durant as a gift from the movie?

4. When does Huston tell Reinhardt he plans to finish the script for "The African Queen"?

5. What is the composer on the "Red Badge of Courage" convinced of about every film he works on?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the audience react to the second preview?

4. In his speech to the Drama Festival at the College of the Pacific, what does Schary tell students about sentimentality?

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Part III, what does Reinhardt implore the top crew members, including Huston, to do for him that would make the studio executives very happy?

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