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

2. What other film does "The Red Badge of Courage" initially pair with in its preview stage?

3. What does Schary tell Reinhardt about his feelings on Audie Murphy in the section titled "Piccolos Under Your Name, Strings Under Mine"?

4. What scenes does Schary particularly like in the finished version of the film?

5. What part of making art does Schary say is important?

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. 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?

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

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

6. What premise does the musical composer Bronislau Kaper bring to every film he works on?

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

8. How does one of the extras, Benny Burt, know John Huston personally?

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

10. What does Reinhardt tell Ross about his feelings on previews?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does producer Gottfried Reinhardt seem to view the final version of "The Red Badge of Courage" at the end of Picture, and how does the way that the final version of the film turn out seem to affect his relationship with Huston? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

What does Ross seem to use the behavior of, and the scenes featuring, Silvia Reinhardt (the producer Gottfried Reinhardt's wife) to demonstrate about life in Hollywood? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text.

Essay Topic 3

Given Ross's descriptions of the man and his actions in Picture, what do you think are L.B. Mayer's main goals and ideals regarding film-making and production? Write an essay explaining your answer.

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