Breathless Quizzes

Breathless Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?

Bernardo Bertolucci

Federico Fellini

Jean-Luc Godard

Francois Truffaut
2 When was the film released?

1960

1962

1964

1952
3 Where does the film take place?

London

Rome

Paris

New York
4 Of which film movement is Godard a part?

Italian surrealism

Film noir

Kitchen sink realism

French New Wave
5 What is another film that is typically credited with starting the French New Wave?

The 400 Blows

Jules and Jim

8 1/2

Satyricon
6 Who plays Michel?

Jean Gabin

Alain Delon

Gerard Depardieu

Jean-Paul Belmondo
7 What does Michel talk about as he drives his stolen car in the beginning?

How he became a criminal

The many wonders of France

His parents

His favorite things about sex
8 Why doesn't Michel pick up the hitchhikers?

He is afraid they are informers

He has to get to Paris by a certain time

They are not pretty enough

He doesn't trust hitchhikers
9 What is Michel's biggest crime?

Robbing a bank

Raping a woman

Murdering his friend

Shooting a policeman
10 Whose key does Michel steal?

His father's

Antonio's

Patricia's

The policeman's
11 What does Michel use a newspaper to do?

Wipe his windshield

Find a job

Make a hat

Polish his shoes
12 Where is the woman who Michel first visits heading later?

The police

The TV station

An audition

Her mother's
13 What career does the woman suggest Michel take up?

Drug dealer

Cop

Gas station attendant

Gigolo
14 What kind of cigarettes does the woman smoke?

Camel

Lucky Strike

Newport

Marlboro
15 How much money does Michel ask her for?

10,000 francs

500 francs

2000 francs

5000 francs
16 What does she offer him?

200 francs

500 francs

1000 francs

400 francs
17 Who does Michel visit after the woman?

Antonio

Mr. Tolmachov

Patricia

The police
18 What does Patricia sell?

The New York Herald Tribune

A French literary magazine

Gum

Beer
19 Who plays Patricia?

Monica Vitti

Kim Novak

Jean Seberg

Anna Karina
20 Where does Michel tell Patricia he's been?

London

Marseilles

Rome

Nice
21 Why does Michel buy a paper?

To be nice to Patricia

To read his horoscope

To find a job

To see if they're looking for him
22 How many girls has Michel slept with since Patricia?

2

3

10

None
23 What must Patricia do in order to ensure her parents' financial support?

Go back to New York

Go to secretarial training

Enroll at the Sorbonne

Learn French
24 What does the poster that Michel passes say?

Find love and keep love

Live dangerously until the end

Doom awaits

Fortune favors the brave
25 What does the inspector say Michel's former job was?

Stage actor

Gigolo

Mechanic

Air France steward

Michel is characterized as the king of cool even as early as his first appearance. What makes his dialog and costume cool

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What is the meaning of death in the final scene?

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by Jean-Luc Godard

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