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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 Reinhardt ask of the production crew as filming draws to a close?
(a) To finish the shooting without adding any more extras.
(b) To finish the shooting over-schedule.
(c) To finish the shooting on their own schedule.
(d) To finish the shooting at least one day early.

2. What does Reinhardt say was wrong with the audience members at the second full preview?
(a) They were mostly high on drugs.
(b) They were too poor.
(c) They were too young to appreciate the movie.
(d) They were too wealthy.

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

4. What surprises Huston about the very first showing of "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) He was surprised by how sad the actors looked on screen.
(b) He was surprised by how emotional he felt.
(c) He says he did not know the picture was in color.
(d) He was surprised by the long running time.

5. What does Booth say needs to be cut from the film in one of her first passes through it?
(a) The digging scenes, and the close-ups on the faces.
(b) The lengthy battle scenes.
(c) The death scene of the main character.
(d) The river-crossing scene.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of making art does Schary say is important?

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

3. How does Reinhardt say he feels about previews?

4. When was the first preview for a general audience of the film "The Red Badge of Courage"?

5. What company's stock is Dore Schary's new contract with M-G-M supplemented with in the section titled "Piccolos Under Your Name, Strings Under Mine"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. What does Reinhardt suggest altering in the film, with Huston's blessing, to make it more appealing to audiences after the first preview?

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

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

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

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

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

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