8 &frac12; Quizzes

8 1/2 Quiz 1

1 Why did Fellini name the film "8 1/2?"
Because he believed he had technically made 8 1/2 films in his life.

Because the scaffolding structure that the film's protagonist builds for a film set is 8 1/2 stories tall.

After the number of women he had fallen in love with in his life.

After the number of important women in the protagonist's life.
2 What is Guido instructed to drink while recovering at the spa?
Wine

Carbonated water

Holy water

Ocean water
3 Where do we first meet Claudia?
On the elaborate outdoor set for Guido's film

Near some natural springs outside of town

At a movie theater where Guido is watching screen tests

At the spa, in one of Guido's fantasies
4 What does the writer, Daumier, think of cinema?
It will corrupt the masses

It should be valued only as a way to make money

It lags behind the other arts by 50 years

It is the only art form that is valid in the modern age
5 In the steam baths of the spa, how does the cardinal respond to Guido's complaint that he is unhappy?
That's because you are a sinner.

Happiness consists of telling the truth without hurting anyone.

Why should you be happy?

Yes you are.
6 What will be projected on the enormous scaffolding built for Guido's film?
A monster

The sun

Luisa

A spaceship
7 Which astrological sign does Rossella assign to Carla?
Cancer

Virgo

Taurus

Aries
8 What is "Asa nisi masa?"
Seraghina's chant

A Latin verse from the cardinal

A spell from Guido's childhood

A nonsense verse
9 Whom does Guido treasure as the best of all the film industry people he's worked with?
Daumier, the Writer

Commendatore, the Producer

Conocchia, the Production Assistant

Madeleine, the French actress
10 Why does Carla get sick?
She drinks too much mineral water

She fakes illness to get attention

She is heartsick

Luisa poisoned her
11 What kind of dance does Seraghina do?
The can-can

Flamenco

The rumba

The cha-cha
12 Why is Madeleine, the French actress, always so upset with Guido?
She believes he's an untalented director

She is an alcoholic

He never tells her which part she's playing in the movie

They had an affair long ago
13 What does the "Diomedeo" bird sound like when it calls?
Laughing

Sobbing

Water

Screaming
14 Who does Guido banish "upstairs" in his fantasy of a harem?
Nadine, the Danish stewardess

Luisa

Rossella

Jacqueline, the showgirl
15 What triggers Guido's fall from the sky in his opening dream sequence?
He wakes up

A priest's orders

Luisa pulls him down with a rope

He realizes he can't fly
16 What is Gloria Morin writing a thesis about?
The extinction of men

The solitude of man in theater

Cinema's inability to remain relevant

The Tower of Babel
17 Why did Carla need five suitcases to visit Guido?
For her fever medicine

For his film equipment

For all her hats

For all her gowns
18 What does Carla have a dream about?
That Luisa killed her

That her husband killed her and Guido

That she and Luisa gave Guido a bath together

That she died of a fever
19 What does Gloria talk about the first time we hear her speak?
The death of cinema

Mario's wife

The natural springs

The bees and the flowers
20 What does Cesarino's niece believe Guido to be incapable of?
Casting a woman as beautiful as her

Finishing the film

Making a love story

Taking responsibility for his infidelities
21 What is part of Guido's punishment for being caught watching Seraghina dance?
Exile from the church

Community service at the local shelter

Learning Latin theological verses

Wearing a dunce hat to school
22 What song plays while we watch Guido's fantastical harem bathe him?
The theme from Seraghina's dance

The Overature from "The Barber of Seville"

A theme from "The Nutcracker"

"The Ride of the Valkyries"
23 Who is secretly in love with Luisa?
Enrico

Daumier

Mario

Rossella
24 How many extras will the spaceship sequence of Guido's film involve?
100

100,000

5

15,000
25 What does Claudia say Guido's hat makes him look like?
A clown

An old man

A fraud

A real director