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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 the M-G-M publicity person tell Ross sells pictures?
(a) Stars and stories.
(b) Comedy and good costumes.
(c) Vision.
(d) Music and strife.

2. Who does Freed say is the studio's biggest star in the early 1950s?
(a) John Huston.
(b) Esther Williams.
(c) Greta Garbo.
(d) Spencer Tracy.

3. What does Huston often do in pictures he directs?
(a) Sleeps outside in a sleeping bag on location.
(b) Plays a bit part.
(c) Buys the cast and crew drinks on the last day.
(d) Pays for them from start to finish.

4. Which actor appeared in the movie, produced by Reinhardt, titled "The Great Sinner"?
(a) Spencer Tracy.
(b) John Allen.
(c) Gregory Peck.
(d) Will Smith.

5. How does Reinhardt say he feels about previews?
(a) He gets too worked up to go to them.
(b) He says they are necessary to see how the audience reacts.
(c) He loves them.
(d) He dreads them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Margaret Booth tell Huston in her brief letter to him about her first impression of the rushes she has seen?

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

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

5. What is Schary's new desk lamp made in the figure of in the section titled "What's Wrong With Mocha's Opinion?"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Reinhardt tell Ross about his feelings on previews?

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

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

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

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

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. 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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