City Lights Quizzes

City Lights Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the film?

William Goldman

Steven Spielberg

Charlie Chaplin

Frances Marion
2 Who directed the film?

Charlie Chaplin

Howard Hawks

Jean Renoir

Orson Welles
3 When was the film released?

1930

1931

1940

1929
4 Who produced the film?

John Ford

Howard Hawks

Victor Fleming

Charlie Chaplin
5 Who wrote the music?

Bernard Herrmann

George Gershwin

Charlie Chaplin

Leonard Bernstein
6 Who plays the lead character?

Buster Keaton

Rudolph Valentino

Charlie Chaplin

William Haines
7 Who is the main character?

The Flower Girl

James, the butler

The Eccentric Millionaire

The Tramp
8 Where do we first encounter the Tramp?

Begging for money on the street

Sitting next to the river

Sleeping on top of a new monument

On a train towards New York
9 In which city does the film take place?

It doesn't specify

New York

Paris

London
10 Who composed the theme music for the Flower Girl?

Leonard Bernstein

Paul Bowles

George Gershwin

José Padila
11 What was the first "talkie"?

The Circus

City Lights

Arsenic and Old Lace

The Jazz Singer
12 Which of the following is not a Charlie Chaplin film?

The Great Dictator

The Kid

Modern Times

The General
13 What does the monument signify?

The end of a great war

Peace and Prosperity

The spread of democracy

Wealth and Wisdom
14 What do the two newsboys steal from the Tramp?

His flower

His cane

His wallet

His hat
15 What does the Tramp stare at in a shop window?

A wind-up toy

A movie playing on a screen

A nude statue

A ring
16 What nearly happens to the Tramp as he stares in the shop window?

He nearly trips the Flower Girl

He nearly falls in a manhole

He nearly gets hit with a fridge falling from an overhead apartment

He nearly gets pickpocketed
17 What does the girl sell in front of the mansion?

Paintings

Poems

Flowers

Scarves
18 What does the Tramp notice about the girl?

She's blind

She has a scar on her forehead

She has a wooden leg

She is wearing rags
19 What does the Flower Girl throw on the Tramp (accidentally)?

A handkerchief

Wine

Water

Rotting flowers
20 Why does the Flower Girl seem disappointed when she stands by her window?

She hears two lovers walking by

It's starting to rain

She doesn't have any money

Her grandmother is emotionally abusive
21 How does the Millionaire plan to kill himself?

Drowning

Hanging

Poison

Jumping off a building
22 Where does the Tramp find the Millionaire?

On the roof of the capitol

At the river

In his mansion

At the dancehall
23 Why does the Millionaire want to kill himself?

He recently got a divorce

He recently filed bankruptcy

He has clinical depression

His son died in the war
24 Who plays the Millionaire?

Harry Myers

Charlie Chaplin

Hank Mann

Buster Keaton
25 Who plays the Flower Girl?

Clara Bow

Virginia Cherrill

Lillian Gish

Louise Brooks

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