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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 does Reinhardt think about how the scenes with the extras look?

2. What does Mrs. Schary suggest in place of the racial epithet "coon" for use in the film?

3. What does Huston want to give to his friend Durant as a gift from the movie?

4. Where is the second full preview of "The Red Badge of Courage" held?

5. What does Reinhardt tell the studio executives about how he would like the studio to market the picture?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. By the end of Part III of the book, how is Reinhardt feeling about "The Red Badge of Courage's" prospects?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring how Ross's frequent use of detailed dialogue advances the story and reveals people's core traits in Picture.

Essay Topic 2

What does Ross seem to use the behavior of, and the scenes featuring, Silvia Reinhardt (the producer Gottfried Reinhardt's wife) to demonstrate about life in Hollywood? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing how the rise of television seemed to influence both artists and film executives in the early 1950s, when Huston directed "The Red Badge of Courage." Be sure to cite specific references to the text to support your answer.

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