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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 is one of Arthur Band's duties on the film?

2. Who tries to watch the film with Schary, Reinhardt and Huston as Schary's house in the section titled "What's Wrong With Mocha's Opinion?"?

3. What musical did Mayer particularly love in the early 1950s?

4. What other film does "The Red Badge of Courage" initially pair with in its preview stage?

5. What does Reinhardt tell Ross about Huston's attitude towards "The Red Badge of Courage" after the negative audience reviews start coming in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Schary lament about the promotional prospects for the film after viewing it with Huston and Reinhardt at his home in Part IV?

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

9. In Part III, when the film's shooting is almost entirely done, what main concern does Reinhardt express to Huston about the film?

10. Why is Margaret Booth's positive opinion so welcome and important to Huston?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining the factors and events that finally seem to give Reinhardt, a man plagued by anxiety and self-doubt, the courage to ask M-G-M to let him direct his own film.

Essay Topic 2

Given Ross's descriptions of the man and his actions in Picture, what do you think are L.B. Mayer's main goals and ideals regarding film-making and production? Write an essay explaining your answer.

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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