Cinema 107 - Understanding Motion Picture » Summer 2022 » Unit 15 Quiz

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Question #1
‘Rosebud’ is Kane’s:
A.   favorite childhood possession
B.   nickname for Susan Alexander
C.   long lost love, his childhood sweetheart
D.   favorite flower
Question #2
‘Citizen Kane’ is a masterpiece of:
A.   classicism
B.   silent film
C.   formalism:
D.   realism
Question #3
Which is NOT a character in ‘Citizen Kane:
A.   Boss Jim Gettys
B.   Emily Norton
C.   Jed Leland
D.   Gregg Toland
Question #4
Deep-focus photography involves the use of:
A.   wide-angle lenses
B.   tracking
C.   zoom lenses
D.   high angles
Question #5
The Mercury Theatre was:
A.   a theatre in Dublin where Welles performed at age fifteen
B.   a company formed by Orson Welles and John Houseman
C.   the studio where ‘Citizen Kane’ was filmed:
D.   where Susan Alexander humiliated herself in an opera
Question #6
Of all his movies, Orson Welles’ personal favorite was:
A.   ‘Othello’
B.   ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’
C.   ‘Touch of Evil’
D.   ‘Citizen Kane’
Question #7
More attentive to mise en scene, Welles rarely used moving camera shots in ‘Citizen Kane’.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #8
Orson Welles had total creative control over his first feature film, ‘Citizen Kane’.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #9
Concerned that the audience might be confused by the use of flashbacks, Welles structured the scenes of ‘Citizen Kane’ in strict chronological order.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #10
Older actors were used to play the older Charles Foster Kane, not Orson Welles.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #11
Budgetary considerations often determined the editing strategies for ‘Citizen Kane’.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #12
‘Citizen Kane’ was the first of a string of film successes at RKO for Orson Welles.
A.   True
B.   False

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