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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 film does Reinhardt begin work on after "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) The Burning Secret.
(b) Mrs. Robinson.
(c) The Graduate.
(d) The Past Devolves.

2. What does Schary say is the answer to cynicism?
(a) Humor.
(b) Profit.
(c) Courage.
(d) Sentimentality.

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

4. What does Huston tell Schary just before Schary sees the finished film "The Red Badge of Courage" in the section titled "What's Wrong With Mocha's Opinion?"?
(a) It is the saddest film he has ever made.
(b) It is the worst film he has ever made.
(c) It is the hardest film he has ever made.
(d) It is the best film he has ever made.

5. What is the composer on the "Red Badge of Courage" convinced of about every film he works on?
(a) There is something in the picture that is wrong, and his music can fix it.
(b) Music can sometimes take away from a film's story.
(c) Music is the most important part of the film.
(d) Music is the hardest part of a film to work on.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Schary tell Ross about how he sees his own career trajectory?

3. Where does Reinhardt say they will have to do the retakes for "The Red Badge of Courage"?

4. About how much was the film "The Red Badge of Courage" over budget?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Arthur Freed tell Ross that Huston's pictures have trouble selling to audiences?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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