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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 want to give to his friend Durant as a gift from the movie?

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

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

4. What surprises Huston about the very first showing of "The Red Badge of Courage"?

5. What does Reinhardt think about how the scenes with the extras look?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. What does Reinhardt suggest altering in the film, with Huston's blessing, to make it more appealing to audiences after the first preview?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Huston's treatment of Albert Band, his devoted assistant, after finishing production on "The Red Badge of Courage" reveal about Huston's character? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

What kind of a person was John Huston? Write an essay analyzing both positive and negative aspects of Huston's personality, citing specific references from the text to support your conclusions.

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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