11 Jul I need someone really good in film that can answer these in an hour

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QUESTION 1
Film Noir is credited with the innovation of both real and remembered time.
True
False
1 points

QUESTION 2
In the film Notorious, the metal in the wine bottle is really gold
True
False
1 points

QUESTION 3
According to Cawelti, the classical detective story was first clearly articulated by Arthur Conan Doyle.
True
False
1 points

QUESTION 4
In the movie Notorious, Alicia publically displays her beauty and sensuality. We watch her over Devlin’s shoulder. This is an example of
a. The Feminine gaze
b. The Male Gaze
c. Feminine vs. Masculine Gaze
d. Hard Boiled Detective
e. Femme Fatale
2 points

QUESTION 5
According to Cawelti, the Classical Detective reflects a more upper class position in society than do our more modern class of detectives.
True
False
1 points

QUESTION 6
Cawelti claims that one cannot write a successful adventure story about a social character type that the culture cannot conceive in heroic terms; this is why we have so few adventure stories about.
a. Plumbers, janitors, or street-sweepers
b. Teachers (watch it; teaching is an adventure)
c. Computer programmers
d. Scientists
e. Average, everyday people
1 points

QUESTION 7
In which mystery does the detective solve the crime with all of the suspects at a dinner party?
a. The Godfather
b. The Maltese Falcon
c. Anatomy of a Murder
d. The Usual Suspects
e. The Thin Man
1 points

QUESTION 8
Which mystery focuses on a MacGuffin described as the stuff of which dreams are made?
a. The Thin Man
b. Anatomy of a Murder
c. Maltese Falcon
d. Moonstone
e. The Sting
1 points

QUESTION 9
Which stage of the detective contained a setting where the pattern of action moved from the peace of the detective s setting to the disruption of the crime and back to the peaceful setting?
a. classical
b. hard-boiled
c. modern
d. none of them do this
1 points

QUESTION 10
In the Maltese Falcon Spade explodes angrily at Gutman aka the Fat Man throwing his whiskey glass into the fireplace. When he leaves the apartment he smiles to himself, but then notices that his hands are trembling.
True
False
1 points

QUESTION 11
In my discussion of Rear Window in lecture, I made clear that the charge of voyeurism is totally unfounded.
True
False
2 points

QUESTION 12
Sherlock Holmes has a sidekick when he solves his crimes. This person’s name is
a. Professor Moriarty
b. Dr. Watson
c. Irene Adler
d. Inspector Lestrade
e. Mrs. Hudson
1 points

QUESTION 13
In a mystery, a false clue or false suspect is commonly referred to as a
a. false clue
b. red herring
c. fake lead
d. blind alley
e. bogie
2 points

QUESTION 14
What does Sebastian say to Devlin at the final scene in Notorious when Devlin locks the car door?
a. Take good care of her
b. bring the police
c. You must take me
d. Good bye Alicia
e.Nothing. He falls on his knees crying.
1 points

QUESTION 15
The web site Filmsite arues that “Strictly speaking, film noir is not a genre, but rather the mood, style, point-of-view, or tone of a film.”
True
False
1 points

QUESTION 16
According to Cawelti, symbols and myths are means by which a culture expresses the complex of feelings, values, and ideas it attaches to a thing or idea
True
False
2 points

QUESTION 17
Which of the following is NOT one of Cawelti�s four hypotheses about the dialectic between formulaic stories and the culture that produces them?
a. Formula stories affirm existing interests and attitudes by presenting an imaginary world that is aligned with those interests.
b. formulas resolve tensions and ambiguities resulting from the conflicting interests of different groups.
c. Formulas enable the audience to explore in fantasy the boundary between the permitted and the forbidden and to experience in a carefully controlled way the possibility of stepping across this boundary.
d. Formulas assist in the process of assimilating changes in values to traditional imaginative constructs.
e. All of the above are consistent with his hypotheses
2 points

QUESTION 18
The Hard boiled Detective possesses an aristocratic sense of detachment from the cares of everyday life.
True
False
1 points

QUESTION 19
According to Cawelti, the hard-boiled detective has chosen this way of life because honor and integrity mean more to him than fame and fortune.
True
False
1 points

QUESTION 20
Sam Spade tells Brigid that he _____________.
a. will do whatever it takes to get her off
b. won’t play the sap for her
c. really did kill Miles, but he did it for her
d. trade her for the bird in a minute
e. nothing.
1 points

QUESTION 21
The tension in the hard boiled detective story, according to Cawelti, is heightened by
a. the fact that women appear nude more often in film noir movies
b. by the more passive stance assumed by women
c. by the new status of women as social competitors as well as objects of sexual desire
d. by all of the above
e. none of the above
1 points

QUESTION 22
A major difference between the classical detective and the hard boiled detective is the appeal of the classical detective�s ability to identify with the lower classes of society.
True
False
1 points

QUESTION 23
The first Thin Man movie takes place in
a. London
b. San Francisco
c. Chicago
d. New York
e. Los Angeles
1 points

QUESTION 24
Sherlock Holmes is set in
a. Paris
b. New York
c. London
d. Salt Lake City
e. Glasgow
1 points

QUESTION 25
In Notorious, the criminals are
a. organized criminals
b. former Nazis
c. mad scientists
d. Communists plotting to overthrow the US
e. none of the above
1 points

QUESTION 26
According to Cawelti, the urban world of the hard boiled detective story is
a. a surface of specious and ambiguous glamour hiding depths of corruption
b. ruled by a secret alliance between the rich and respectable and the criminal underworld.
c. a world in which the police are honest and decent but helpless to attack the real criminals.
d. all of the above
e. none of the above.
1 points

QUESTION 27
Which character in The Thin Man finds the most crucial clue?
a. Nick
b. Nora
c. Asta
d. The Lieutenant
e. Dorothy Wynans
1 points

QUESTION 28
In Notorious, who decides that Alicia must die?
a. Devlin
b. Alexander
c. Sebastian’s Mother
d. Herr Emil Kupka
1 points

QUESTION 29
Dashiell Hammett’s stories and novels had little effect on the detective story or its setting.
True
False
1 points

QUESTION 30
In the web site The Dark Room or La Chambre Noir, the example of film noir that is used to illustrate aspects of this style of film making is Double Indemnity.
True
False
1 points

QUESTION 31
In Notorious, Devlin is a portrayed by
Humphrey Bogart
William Powell
Cary Grant
Clark Gable
none of the above; there is no character in Notorious named Devlin
1 points

QUESTION 32
Film Noir is a style of film making generally considered to have run its course in the 1940s.
True
False
1 points

QUESTION 33
The role of the police in the mystery story changed during the 1940s as a reflection of
a. World War II
b. the image of the private eye declining
c. the professionalism of real law enforcement and national security concerns
d. none of the above
1 points

QUESTION 34
In Notorious, Alicia believes that something has been added to her coffee when the visiting scientist picks up her cup by mistake and his mother immediately reacts to his drinking from the wrong cup.
True
False
1 points

QUESTION 35
Alicia decides to take her espionage duties one step further and marry Alexander because she finds out that Devlin is already married.
True
False
1 points

QUESTION 36
Match the following items. No item should be used more than once.
Nick Charles
Sam Spade
“I’m half hoss, half-alligator. You mess around with me and I’ll kick a lung outta ya. Waddya think of that?”
221B Baker Street
“All right. Will you bring me five more martinis, Leo? And line them up right here.”
Femme Fatale
Dupin
MacGuffin
A. Notorious
B. The Thin Man
C. Maltese Falcon
D. Nora Charles
E. Sherlock Holmes
F. Film Noir
G. Alfred Hitchcock
H. Dr Caligari
I. Coley
J. Edgar Allan Poe
K. Mafia Lawyer
8 points

QUESTION 37
Hector confronts Macreedy early in the Bad Day at Black Rock by shoving him around his hotel room and throwing his luggage into the hall.
True
False
1 points

QUESTION 38
In Agatha Christie’s stories about Miss Marple, we find
a young girl who is quite perky and adept at solving even the most perplexing crimes
the wife of the local Vicar in the Anglican church in the village of St. Mary Mead who bakes pies and solves crimes
the first female member of Scotland Yard who overcomes sexual prejudice in order to solve crimes.
an elderly lady in a quaint English village (St. Mary Meade) who appears to be just a “little old lady” but who is in fact very much in control of the situation.
1 points

QUESTION 39
All women in film noir are femme fatales.
True
False
2 points

QUESTION 40
Femme Fatales are dutiful, reliable, trustworthy, and tragic.
True
False
1 points

QUESTION 41
When Mr. Macreedy gets off of the train in Black Rock, he is told that the train hasn’t stopped there in _______ years
three
four
six
ten
1 points

QUESTION 42
According to Cawelti, denouement always takes place at the same time as the detective announces and explains his/her solution to the mystery.
True
False
1 points

QUESTION 43
Common film noir narratives
are told in flashbacks
use voice over narration
have protagonists with amnesia
all of the above
none of the above; these are techniques of the modern film noir narrative formula
2 points

QUESTION 44
Noir author Raymond Chandler created which detective?
Nero Wolfe
Dashiel Hammett
Sam Spade
Philip Marlowe
1 points

QUESTION 45
As noted in lecture, the MacGuffin in North by Northwest is a secret role of microfilm that Roger Thornhill carries in his shoe.
True
False
1 points

QUESTION 46
In a Point of View shot, the viewer is conscious that everything he sees is also seen by a character in the movie.
True
False
2 points

QUESTION 47
Where does Nora find Nick at the beginning of the Thin Man?a.
In his office b. c.
At the race track
In a bar d.
In their apartment nursing a hangover
1 points

QUESTION 48
In Notorious, the concept of The Feminine Gaze (discussed in lecture) is notably absent.
True
False
2 points

QUESTION 49
In the Thin Man, Nick Charles want to go with the coroner so he can examine the dead body found in Wynant’s lab. Why is he so interested in looking at the Fluoroscope?
He wants to see if the replacement knee that Wynant had is on this body
He wants to see if evidence of Wynant’s broken right arm as a boy is there
Wynant was shot during the Great War and Nick wants to see if that wound is in evidence on the corpse
Wynant had schrapnel in his leg. Nick wants to see if it is in this corpse.
2 points

QUESTION 50
In Warren’s article Storytellers Shape Spiritual Values (assigned), the author quotes George Gerbner as saying
“Children used to grow up in a home where parents told most of the stories. Today television tells most of the stories to most of the people most of the time.”
“Children continue to grow up in a home where parents tell most of the stories. Today television tells very few serious stories that matter tomost of the people most of the time.”
“Television’s world is relentlessly up-beat, clean and materialistic. With few exceptions, prime time gives us people immersed in personal ambition.”
Cultural agency happens when a person decides to exercise judgment and control over the kinds of cultural materials s/he will accept and reject.
1 points

QUESTION 51
What present does Nick “give” Nora for Christmas?
a new car
a fur coat
tickets to the New York Theater
a diamond necklace
1 points

QUESTION 52
In Bad Day at Black Rock how does Macreedy defend himself against Coley’s attack at the diner?
He uses broken beer bottle
He throws his bowl of chili at Coley’s face
He pulls out a small pistol and hits Coley over the head
He uses karate chops to render Coley barely able to move
2 points

QUESTION 53
Despite the use of street language by Nick Charles, the Thin Man is a Classical Mystery
True
False
1 points

QUESTION 54
What is the name of Nick and Nora’s dog?
Toto
Rex
Nicodemus
Asta
1 points

QUESTION 55
According to Cawelti, the heart of the classical story “is the examination of clues and the questioning of suspects ” which results in more time on inquiry than action.
True
False
1 points

QUESTION 56
Cawelti claims that melodrama does not have a set formula or narrative structure and thus is not limited to any genre.
True
False
2 points

QUESTION 57
Criticism can do which of the following things?
Make an argument
Apply a set of beliefs or principles like a cookie cutter
Sift through the material in question until a sudden insight strikes the critic
All of the above
None of the above
1 points

QUESTION 58

Which mystery film featured a husband and wife detective team that introduced the happily married sleuth approach to the detective mystery?
Moonstone
Anatomy of a Murder
Maltese Falcon
Rear Window
The Thin Man
1 points

QUESTION 59
Which of the following mysteries discussed by Cawelti fit the classical detective formula?
Rue Morgue
Dupin
Lord Peter Whimsey
All of the above
None of the above
2 points

QUESTION 60
Hitchcock said that a good mystery or suspense film needed a certain element that he named the __________.
Point of View
Narrative Coherence
Cliffhanger
Macguffin
Red Herring