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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 Humphrey Bogart's nickname?

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

3. Where does Dore Schary give a speech about film making in the section titled "What's Wrong With Mocha's Opinion?"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do the producers and professionals involved in making a film gauge whether L.B. Mayer liked the film after viewing the preview?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Where does the cast and crew shoot the film's major battle scenes during Part III of the book?

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

Which sets of relationships and tensions at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer had the most significant impacts on the production of "The Red Badge of Courage," both for better and for worse? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Many of the studio executives and other professionals involved in the production of "The Red Badge of Courage" express concerns over the films so-called lack of "story." Write an essay explaining what "story" means in the context of Picture.

Essay Topic 3

After production is finished on "The Red Badge of Courage," Huston moves immediately on to his next project. Write an essay explaining how producer Gottfried Reinhardt feels about Huston's rapid pivot to his next project, and how the pivot ultimately seems to have affected the final version of the film.

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