Battleship Potemkin Quizzes

Battleship Potemkin Quiz 1

1 For what reason does the officer beat the sleeping sailor?

The sailor had committed some earlier infraction which was being punished.

The sailor tripped the officer.

No real reason, he is just frustrated and takes it out on the sailor.

The sailor is not supposed to be sleeping.
2 What does Doctor Smirnov suggest the sailors do with the rotten meat?

Boil the meat for longer than usual.

Eat it with the maggots because they are safe to eat.

Pick out of the maggots before cooking.

Wash off the maggots with brine.
3 Where does the phrase "Give us this day our daily bread" appear?

On a plate that is being washed.

On a sign in the dining hall.

It is said in a speech by Vakulinchuk.

In a bible one of the sailors is reading.
4 What do the sailors eat instead of the borscht?

They don't eat anything; they go on a hunger strike.

Salted meats

Bread and canned food.

Biscuits
5 What is the first thing we see after the opening credits?

The ship's turrets.

Vakulinchuk and Matyushenko talking.

Waves crashing against the shore.

Sailors sleeping.
6 What are the sailors sleeping on?

Bunk beds

The floor

Hammocks

Regular beds
7 What are the sailors doing when they discuss the issue of the meat with each other (after the initial confrontation over the meat)?

Cleaning different parts of the ship.

Waiting in the dining hall.

Combat drills.

Playing cards below decks.
8 Where do we first see the senior officer who the sailors confront about the meat? (not Smirnov or Giliarovsky)

On an upper deck

In the engine room

In the kitchen

In his personal quarters
9 In What year do the events of the film take place?

1925

1903

1917

1905
10 How to the sailors react when an officer sees them taking food from the storeroom?

They continue handing out food like nothing has happened.

They stop taking food and apologize.

They pause, but resume handing out food when he leaves.

They attack the officer.
11 Where does the line, "Give us this day our daily bread" come from originally?

The Lord's Prayer

The Torah

The Talmud

The Communist Manifesto
12 What personal item of Doctor Smirnov's does the film focus on?

His glasses.

His stethoscope.

His mustache.

His sword.
13 How many characters are named in the film?

Ten

Five

Eight

Three
14 What does the sleeping sailor do after he is beaten?

He attacks the officer.

He attempts to escape.

He gives a speech advocating revolution.

He cries.
15 How do the officers react when the sailors refuse the borscht?

They are angry.

They are amused.

They are sympathetic.

They are apathetic.
16 What does the senior officer do after Smirnov assesses the meat?

He does nothing.

He gives a nod of approval to Smirnov.

He asks Smirnov to rethink his assessment.

He chastises the sailors.
17 What is the name of the sailor who Vakulinchuk speaks to at the beginning of the film?

Giliarovsky.

Rodchenko.

Matyushenko.

Trotsky.
18 Who does Vakulinchuk claim are fed better than the Potemkin's crew?

Siberians.

Prisoners in the gulags.

Dogs.

Russian POWs held by Japan.
19 Where does Golikov come from when the sailors are assembled?

A hatch on the deck.

He is already waiting on the deck.

The kitchen.

A cabin on the upper deck.
20 Who steps forward when Golikov prompts the sailors?

The cooks.

The petty officers.

No one.

The dishwashers.
21 What does Golikov first threaten will be done to the dissenters?

They will be shot.

They will be forced to do additional hard labor.

They will be hung from the mast.

They will be thrown overboard.
22 What does the cook do when he receives the rotten meat?

He heeds the sailors' protests and refuses to prepare it.

He chops it up for cooking, despite the protests of the other sailors.

He throws the meat out.

He washes the meat.
23 How are the sailors summoned to the deck?

A siren.

A bell.

The officers go around to gather them.

A trumpet.
24 What do the petty officers see when they look up at the mast?

Rebel sailors preparing to attack.

The image of men hanging.

A red flag.

Nothing.
25 Which sailor argues with Smirnov over the rotten meat?

Matyushenko.

The cook.

The dishwasher.

Vakulinchuk.

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