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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Al having a hard time at work in Chapter Four?
(a) His boss barely ever assigns him work.
(b) His producer throws his first script away and assigns him a partner.
(c) He doesn't trust anyone.
(d) He doesn't have passion.

2. Why does Al think of himself as an idealist?
(a) He is optimistic about everything in life.
(b) He questions everything.
(c) He doesn't know any other way.
(d) Because he believes in the golden rule and love.

3. Al explains how he wanted to go to Hollywood before he met Sammy Glick. What does he say his reasons for wanting to go are?
(a) He wants to live by the beach.
(b) He has dreams of being a movie star.
(c) He wanted to know if it was as ideal as agents claimed it to be.
(d) He wants to get paid in gold.

4. How does Sammy respond when Al confides in him about his problems at work in Chapter Four?
(a) He tells him he will never get ahead and he should move back to New York.
(b) He gives him advice about writing his own treatment.
(c) He advices him to kill his new writing partner.
(d) He tells him to go home and get a good rest.

5. What does Al think of Catherine Sargent?
(a) She is a man dressed like a woman.
(b) He doesn't trust her and thinks she is up to no good.
(c) That she is "neatly put together" and she scares people off.
(d) That she shouldn't be affiliated with Sammy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter One, how does Sammy react when Al says he wants to "bury the hatchet?"

2. When Al asks Sammy how he can read when he's running so fast, how does Sammy answer?

3. What does Julian ask of Al in Chapter Five?

4. When Al says he composed a short history of Sammy Glick, how does he explain Sammy's progress?

5. How does Sammy convince Selznick to buy the manuscript?

(see the answer key)

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