Battleship Potemkin Quizzes

Battleship Potemkin Quiz 1

1 For what reason does the officer beat the sleeping sailor?
The sailor tripped the officer.

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

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

Wash off the maggots with brine.

Boil the meat for longer than usual.

Pick out of the maggots before cooking.
3 Where does the phrase "Give us this day our daily bread" appear?
On a sign in the dining hall.

In a bible one of the sailors is reading.

On a plate that is being washed.

It is said in a speech by Vakulinchuk.
4 What do the sailors eat instead of the borscht?
Biscuits

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

Bread and canned food.

Salted meats
5 What is the first thing we see after the opening credits?
Sailors sleeping.

The ship's turrets.

Waves crashing against the shore.

Vakulinchuk and Matyushenko talking.
6 What are the sailors sleeping on?
Regular beds

The floor

Hammocks

Bunk 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)?
Waiting in the dining hall.

Combat drills.

Playing cards below decks.

Cleaning different parts of the ship.
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 his personal quarters

In the kitchen

In the engine room
9 In What year do the events of the film take place?
1917

1903

1905

1925
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 attack the officer.

They stop taking food and apologize.

They pause, but resume handing out food when he leaves.
11 Where does the line, "Give us this day our daily bread" come from originally?
The Communist Manifesto

The Talmud

The Torah

The Lord's Prayer
12 What personal item of Doctor Smirnov's does the film focus on?
His glasses.

His sword.

His mustache.

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

Five

Three

Ten
14 What does the sleeping sailor do after he is beaten?
He gives a speech advocating revolution.

He attempts to escape.

He cries.

He attacks the officer.
15 How do the officers react when the sailors refuse the borscht?
They are amused.

They are angry.

They are sympathetic.

They are apathetic.
16 What does the senior officer do after Smirnov assesses the meat?
He asks Smirnov to rethink his assessment.

He chastises the sailors.

He does nothing.

He gives a nod of approval to Smirnov.
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?
Russian POWs held by Japan.

Siberians.

Prisoners in the gulags.

Dogs.
19 Where does Golikov come from when the sailors are assembled?
He is already waiting on the deck.

A hatch on the deck.

A cabin on the upper deck.

The kitchen.
20 Who steps forward when Golikov prompts the sailors?
The petty officers.

The dishwashers.

The cooks.

No one.
21 What does Golikov first threaten will be done to the dissenters?
They will be thrown overboard.

They will be hung from the mast.

They will be shot.

They will be forced to do additional hard labor.
22 What does the cook do when he receives the rotten meat?
He throws the meat out.

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

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

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

The officers go around to gather them.

A siren.

A trumpet.
24 What do the petty officers see when they look up at the mast?
Rebel sailors preparing to attack.

A red flag.

The image of men hanging.

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

Matyushenko.

Vakulinchuk.

The cook.

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