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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Huston tell Audie Murphy the two would do once they got to Chico?

2. What is one of Reinhardt's main concerns as the filming of "The Red Badge of Courage" begins?

3. Where was Gottfriend Reinhardt born?

4. Which of the following jobs did Schary once hold before getting into show business?

5. In what year did Huston first move to New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Reinhardts treat their dog, Mocha?

2. What does Huston regret making a mistake on during the filming in the second section of the book?

3. What kind of a relationship did Ross have with John Huston later in their lives, as outlined by Huston's daughter Angelica Huston in the Foreword?

4. How does Ross describe director John Huston in the section titled "Throw the Little Old Lady Down the Stairs"?

5. Why does Reinhardt feel that it is so important that "The Red Badge of Courage" is a great picture?

6. What was one of the least expensive, but, in Huston's estimation, important shots of the film?

7. Why does Dore Schary tell Ross he knows L.B. Mayer so well?

8. What does Huston tell Murphy about the difference between fear in a man and fear in a youth?

9. What hobby is Huston deeply interested in that has nothing to do with Hollywood, as Ross describes it in the first section of the book?

10. How does Audie Murphy behave during his first meeting with John Huston in the first section of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does producer Gottfried Reinhardt seem to view the final version of "The Red Badge of Courage" at the end of Picture, and how does the way that the final version of the film turn out seem to affect his relationship with Huston? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the excerpts from Dore Schary's speech at the Drama Festival at the College of the Pacific (161). Do Schary's actions in Picture seem to reveal his devotion to the ideals he outlines in his speech? Write an essay explaining why or why not.

Essay Topic 3

Ross thoroughly examines John Huston from both a personal and professional point of view. Drawing on Ross's own descriptions and impressions of Huston, write an essay analyzing why making a film adaptation of Crane's classic novel The Red Badge of Courage was so important an endeavor for the director.

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