Speed-the-Plow Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Speed-the-Plow Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act One, what type of read does Ross ask of a certain book?
(a) Courtesy.
(b) Thorough.
(c) Pretend.
(d) Public.

2. What clutters the opening scene?
(a) Starlets and reporters.
(b) Boxes and painting supplies.
(c) The orchestra.
(d) Stage lights and grease paint.

3. What does Gould tell Fox to get in Ross' office?
(a) Script options.
(b) The blacklist.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Paperclips.

4. Gould pretends those who aren't happy in film are the ones who are what?
(a) Film reviewers.
(b) Bankers.
(c) Slaves to commerce.
(d) Drunks.

5. What is coverage in the film business?
(a) A trailer for a film.
(b) A written summary of a film.
(c) A slot of television.
(d) A banner for the studio.

6. What type of film credit does Gould promise Fox?
(a) Writer.
(b) Co-producer.
(c) Actor.
(d) Line producer.

7. Why does Ross cancel the meeting with Fox?
(a) He's been called out of town.
(b) For fun.
(c) He doesn't like Fox's script.
(d) He doesn't like Fox's reputation.

8. After Gould and Fox discuss potential money from the prison film, Gould claims money is what?
(a) Necessary for survival.
(b) A symbol of excellence.
(c) What Gould lives for.
(d) Unimportant.

9. How does Fox describe the film in Act One?
(a) "Two Guys and Two Girls."
(b) "A Real Romance picture.
(c) "A Douggie Brown picture."
(d) "Explosions and Entrails."

10. Gould has the power to green light what type of budget?
(a) Over ten million.
(b) Under ten million.
(c) One million and under.
(d) He has no limit.

11. What does Fox compare the substance of his movies to?
(a) Prize winning literature.
(b) Water.
(c) Gelatin.
(d) What he puts in his coffee.

12. At the beginning of Act One, who is the head of the studio?
(a) Gould.
(b) Barney.
(c) Ross.
(d) Smith.

13. What does Gould reveal to Fox at the beginning of Act One?
(a) His wife is leaving him.
(b) His promotion.
(c) He is illiterate.
(d) He is ill.

14. What movie star came to Fox's house?
(a) Billy Brown.
(b) Clarence Black.
(c) John White.
(d) Doug Brown.

15. Fox quotes who from the Bible?
(a) Apostle Thomas.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Mary Magdalene.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is does "green light" mean in the film business?

2. What do Gould and Fox spend time doing in Act One?

3. What does promote mean in the film business?

4. What time is the second pitch meeting with Ross scheduled for?

5. How much money do Gould and Fox bet on the secretary?

(see the answer keys)

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