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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 ask Band to do for him when they arrive at Romanoff's party in the section titled "Piccolos Under Your Name, Strings Under Mine"?

2. About how much was the film "The Red Badge of Courage" over budget?

3. What did Murphy tell Reinhardt about his feelings towards German soldiers during WWII?

4. Which play does Huston remember his father getting terrible reviews in?

5. What does Albert Band end up doing at M-G-M after Huston leaves for Africa?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the audience react to the second preview?

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. In Part III, what does Reinhardt implore the top crew members, including Huston, to do for him that would make the studio executives very happy?

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

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

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

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

Write an essay explaining why Arthur Freed, who is in charge of musicals at M-G-M at the time "The Red Badge of Courage" was produced, seems to have so much power, esteem, and confidence.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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