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.

After the number of important women in the protagonist's life.

After the number of women he had fallen in love with 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?
Ocean water

Wine

Carbonated water

Holy water
3 Where do we first meet Claudia?
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

On the elaborate outdoor set for Guido's film
4 What does the writer, Daumier, think of cinema?
It lags behind the other arts by 50 years

It will corrupt the masses

It is the only art form that is valid in the modern age

It should be valued only as a way to make money
5 In the steam baths of the spa, how does the cardinal respond to Guido's complaint that he is unhappy?
Yes you are.

Why should you be happy?

That's because you are a sinner.

Happiness consists of telling the truth without hurting anyone.
6 What will be projected on the enormous scaffolding built for Guido's film?
Luisa

A spaceship

A monster

The sun
7 Which astrological sign does Rossella assign to Carla?
Virgo

Cancer

Taurus

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

A nonsense verse

A spell from Guido's childhood

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

Commendatore, the Producer

Daumier, the Writer

Madeleine, the French actress
10 Why does Carla get sick?
She is heartsick

Luisa poisoned her

She fakes illness to get attention

She drinks too much mineral water
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?
He never tells her which part she's playing in the movie

She believes he's an untalented director

They had an affair long ago

She is an alcoholic
13 What does the "Diomedeo" bird sound like when it calls?
Water

Sobbing

Screaming

Laughing
14 Who does Guido banish "upstairs" in his fantasy of a harem?
Luisa

Rossella

Jacqueline, the showgirl

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

He realizes he can't fly

A priest's orders

Luisa pulls him down with a rope
16 What is Gloria Morin writing a thesis about?
The Tower of Babel

The solitude of man in theater

The extinction of men

Cinema's inability to remain relevant
17 Why did Carla need five suitcases to visit Guido?
For his film equipment

For her fever medicine

For all her gowns

For all her hats
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 natural springs

The bees and the flowers

Mario's wife
20 What does Cesarino's niece believe Guido to be incapable of?
Taking responsibility for his infidelities

Finishing the film

Making a love story

Casting a woman as beautiful as her
21 What is part of Guido's punishment for being caught watching Seraghina dance?
Learning Latin theological verses

Wearing a dunce hat to school

Exile from the church

Community service at the local shelter
22 What song plays while we watch Guido's fantastical harem bathe him?
The Overature from "The Barber of Seville"

A theme from "The Nutcracker"

The theme from Seraghina's dance

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

Enrico

Daumier

Rossella
24 How many extras will the spaceship sequence of Guido's film involve?
15,000

100

5

100,000
25 What does Claudia say Guido's hat makes him look like?
A fraud

A clown

An old man

A real director