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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 Mrs. Schary suggest in place of the racial epithet "coon" for use in the film?
(a) Skunk.
(b) Badger.
(c) Possum.
(d) Chipmunk.

2. What other film does "The Red Badge of Courage" initially pair with in its preview stage?
(a) The Snake.
(b) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
(c) Cleopatra.
(d) Harvey.

3. What does Schary suggest about the film's music in the section titled "What's Wrong With Mocha's Opinion?"?
(a) He wants to the music to be more emotional.
(b) He wants to scrap all the music and start over from scrach.
(c) He wants the music to be louder.
(d) He wants to take out the music during the scene where the boy writes the letter.

4. What does Reinhardt tell Ross about Huston's demeanor following the film's preview in February 1951?
(a) Huston was resilient.
(b) Huston was satisfied.
(c) Huston was demolished.
(d) Huston was bewildered.

5. What did Murphy tell Reinhardt about his feelings towards German soldiers during WWII?
(a) He made good friends with some of the German soldiers he oversaw in the P.O.W. camps.
(b) He hated German soldiers and thought they were unintelligent.
(c) He felt sorry for the German soldiers because they were losing the war.
(d) He respected German soldiers and it was a mistake to underestimate them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schary say he thinks all music in the movies has to be to be effective?

2. What film does Reinhardt begin work on after "The Red Badge of Courage"?

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

4. What privilege did Arthur Freed enjoy at M-G-M?

5. What does Reinhardt say was wrong with the audience members at the second full preview?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Reinhardt tell Huston about doing the retakes for "The Red Badge of Courage" in the beginning of Part IV?

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

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

9. Why is Margaret Booth's positive opinion so welcome and important to Huston?

10. 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?

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