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City Lights Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the film?
Charlie Chaplin

Frances Marion

Steven Spielberg

William Goldman
2 Who directed the film?
Jean Renoir

Charlie Chaplin

Howard Hawks

Orson Welles
3 When was the film released?
1931

1930

1940

1929
4 Who produced the film?
Charlie Chaplin

John Ford

Howard Hawks

Victor Fleming
5 Who wrote the music?
George Gershwin

Bernard Herrmann

Charlie Chaplin

Leonard Bernstein
6 Who plays the lead character?
Rudolph Valentino

Buster Keaton

Charlie Chaplin

William Haines
7 Who is the main character?
The Eccentric Millionaire

James, the butler

The Tramp

The Flower Girl
8 Where do we first encounter the Tramp?
On a train towards New York

Sitting next to the river

Sleeping on top of a new monument

Begging for money on the street
9 In which city does the film take place?
New York

It doesn't specify

London

Paris
10 Who composed the theme music for the Flower Girl?
Paul Bowles

Leonard Bernstein

José Padila

George Gershwin
11 What was the first "talkie"?
The Jazz Singer

The Circus

Arsenic and Old Lace

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12 Which of the following is not a Charlie Chaplin film?
Modern Times

The General

The Kid

The Great Dictator
13 What does the monument signify?
The spread of democracy

Peace and Prosperity

The end of a great war

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

His flower

His hat

His cane
15 What does the Tramp stare at in a shop window?
A wind-up toy

A nude statue

A ring

A movie playing on a screen
16 What nearly happens to the Tramp as he stares in the shop window?
He nearly gets hit with a fridge falling from an overhead apartment

He nearly gets pickpocketed

He nearly falls in a manhole

He nearly trips the Flower Girl
17 What does the girl sell in front of the mansion?
Scarves

Poems

Paintings

Flowers
18 What does the Tramp notice about the girl?
She has a wooden leg

She is wearing rags

She has a scar on her forehead

She's blind
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 doesn't have any money

It's starting to rain

She hears two lovers walking by

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

Drowning

Jumping off a building

Poison
22 Where does the Tramp find the Millionaire?
In his mansion

On the roof of the capitol

At the river

At the dancehall
23 Why does the Millionaire want to kill himself?
He recently filed bankruptcy

He recently got a divorce

He has clinical depression

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

Hank Mann

Charlie Chaplin

Harry Myers
25 Who plays the Flower Girl?
Louise Brooks

Clara Bow

Lillian Gish

Virginia Cherrill

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