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

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Question #1
‘Rosebud’ is Kane’s:
A.   favorite flower
B.   favorite childhood possession
C.   nickname for Susan Alexander
D.   long lost love, his childhood sweetheart
Question #2
‘Citizen Kane’ is a masterpiece of:
A.   realism
B.   formalism:
C.   classicism
D.   silent film
Question #3
Which is NOT a character in ‘Citizen Kane:
A.   Gregg Toland
B.   Emily Norton
C.   Jed Leland
D.   Boss Jim Gettys
Question #4
Deep-focus photography involves the use of:
A.   wide-angle lenses
B.   tracking
C.   high angles
D.   zoom lenses
Question #5
The Mercury Theatre was:
A.   the studio where ‘Citizen Kane’ was filmed:
B.   a theatre in Dublin where Welles performed at age fifteen
C.   where Susan Alexander humiliated herself in an opera
D.   a company formed by Orson Welles and John Houseman
Question #6
Of all his movies, Orson Welles’ personal favorite was:
A.   ‘Othello’
B.   ‘Citizen Kane’
C.   ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’
D.   ‘Touch of Evil’
Question #7
More attentive to mise en scene, Welles rarely used moving camera shots in ‘Citizen Kane’.
A.   True
B.   False
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.   False
B.   True
Question #10
Older actors were used to play the older Charles Foster Kane, not Orson Welles.
A.   False
B.   True
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.   False
B.   True

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