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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 Huston tell Schary just before Schary sees the finished film "The Red Badge of Courage" in the section titled "What's Wrong With Mocha's Opinion?"?

2. What does the M-G-M publicity person tell Ross about selling war pictures?

3. What does Reinhardt say was wrong with the audience members at the second full preview?

4. Why does Huston give up on the idea of directing the picture on horseback?

5. What other film does Reinhardt suggest pairing "The Red Badge of Courage" in in previews?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Ross's choice to write Picture from a first-person point of view affect the reader's experience of the story? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Why do so many professionals seem to change their minds, and opinions of, major aspects of the film after it is released to tepid and often negative responses from audiences? For instance, M-G-M's head editor, Margaret Booth, completely reverses her opinion of certain scenes after she learns about negative audience reaction. Write an essay explaining your answer.

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