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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 Band say the audiences hated about Durant?

2. Which scene did Willie Wyler tell Huston was the most amazing scene he ever watched?

3. What kind of a room does Schary say he likes to work in?

4. What is Humphrey Bogart's nickname?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you characterize the relationship between Audie Murphy, the real-life decorated American WWII soldier, and the director John Huston? Cite specific references to the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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