8 &frac12; Quizzes

8 1/2 Quiz 1

1 Why did Fellini name the film "8 1/2?"
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.

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.
2 What is Guido instructed to drink while recovering at the spa?
Wine

Holy water

Ocean water

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

At the spa, in one of Guido's fantasies

Near some natural springs outside of town

At a movie theater where Guido is watching screen tests
4 What does the writer, Daumier, think of cinema?
It lags behind the other arts by 50 years

It will corrupt the masses

It should be valued only as a way to make money

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?
Happiness consists of telling the truth without hurting anyone.

That's because you are a sinner.

Why should you be happy?

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

Luisa

The sun

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

Virgo

Taurus

Aries
8 What is "Asa nisi masa?"
A spell from Guido's childhood

A nonsense verse

Seraghina's chant

A Latin verse from the cardinal
9 Whom does Guido treasure as the best of all the film industry people he's worked with?
Conocchia, the Production Assistant

Daumier, the Writer

Madeleine, the French actress

Commendatore, the Producer
10 Why does Carla get sick?
She fakes illness to get attention

Luisa poisoned her

She drinks too much mineral water

She is heartsick
11 What kind of dance does Seraghina do?
The cha-cha

Flamenco

The can-can

The rumba
12 Why is Madeleine, the French actress, always so upset with Guido?
She is an alcoholic

She believes he's an untalented director

They had an affair long ago

He never tells her which part she's playing in the movie
13 What does the "Diomedeo" bird sound like when it calls?
Screaming

Water

Sobbing

Laughing
14 Who does Guido banish "upstairs" in his fantasy of a harem?
Jacqueline, the showgirl

Luisa

Nadine, the Danish stewardess

Rossella
15 What triggers Guido's fall from the sky in his opening dream sequence?
Luisa pulls him down with a rope

He wakes up

He realizes he can't fly

A priest's orders
16 What is Gloria Morin writing a thesis about?
The solitude of man in theater

The Tower of Babel

Cinema's inability to remain relevant

The extinction of men
17 Why did Carla need five suitcases to visit Guido?
For all her gowns

For all her hats

For his film equipment

For her fever medicine
18 What does Carla have a dream about?
That she died of a fever

That Luisa killed her

That she and Luisa gave Guido a bath together

That her husband killed her and Guido
19 What does Gloria talk about the first time we hear her speak?
The death of cinema

The bees and the flowers

The natural springs

Mario's wife
20 What does Cesarino's niece believe Guido to be incapable of?
Casting a woman as beautiful as her

Finishing the film

Taking responsibility for his infidelities

Making a love story
21 What is part of Guido's punishment for being caught watching Seraghina dance?
Exile from the church

Wearing a dunce hat to school

Community service at the local shelter

Learning Latin theological verses
22 What song plays while we watch Guido's fantastical harem bathe him?
A theme from "The Nutcracker"

The theme from Seraghina's dance

The Overature from "The Barber of Seville"

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

Mario

Rossella

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

100,000

15,000

5
25 What does Claudia say Guido's hat makes him look like?
A fraud

A real director

An old man

A clown