City Lights Quizzes

City Lights Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the film?

Steven Spielberg

Charlie Chaplin

Frances Marion

William Goldman
2 Who directed the film?

Charlie Chaplin

Jean Renoir

Orson Welles

Howard Hawks
3 When was the film released?

1929

1931

1940

1930
4 Who produced the film?

Howard Hawks

Victor Fleming

John Ford

Charlie Chaplin
5 Who wrote the music?

Bernard Herrmann

Charlie Chaplin

Leonard Bernstein

George Gershwin
6 Who plays the lead character?

Buster Keaton

Charlie Chaplin

William Haines

Rudolph Valentino
7 Who is the main character?

James, the butler

The Eccentric Millionaire

The Flower Girl

The Tramp
8 Where do we first encounter the Tramp?

Sleeping on top of a new monument

Sitting next to the river

On a train towards New York

Begging for money on the street
9 In which city does the film take place?

Paris

It doesn't specify

New York

London
10 Who composed the theme music for the Flower Girl?

Leonard Bernstein

José Padila

Paul Bowles

George Gershwin
11 What was the first "talkie"?

Arsenic and Old Lace

The Jazz Singer

The Circus

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12 Which of the following is not a Charlie Chaplin film?

Modern Times

The Kid

The Great Dictator

The General
13 What does the monument signify?

Peace and Prosperity

The spread of democracy

Wealth and Wisdom

The end of a great war
14 What do the two newsboys steal from the Tramp?

His flower

His cane

His wallet

His hat
15 What does the Tramp stare at in a shop window?

A nude statue

A movie playing on a screen

A wind-up toy

A ring
16 What nearly happens to the Tramp as he stares in the shop window?

He nearly gets pickpocketed

He nearly gets hit with a fridge falling from an overhead apartment

He nearly falls in a manhole

He nearly trips the Flower Girl
17 What does the girl sell in front of the mansion?

Poems

Paintings

Flowers

Scarves
18 What does the Tramp notice about the girl?

She has a scar on her forehead

She's blind

She is wearing rags

She has a wooden leg
19 What does the Flower Girl throw on the Tramp (accidentally)?

Water

A handkerchief

Rotting flowers

Wine
20 Why does the Flower Girl seem disappointed when she stands by her window?

She doesn't have any money

Her grandmother is emotionally abusive

It's starting to rain

She hears two lovers walking by
21 How does the Millionaire plan to kill himself?

Hanging

Poison

Drowning

Jumping off a building
22 Where does the Tramp find the Millionaire?

In his mansion

At the dancehall

At the river

On the roof of the capitol
23 Why does the Millionaire want to kill himself?

He recently filed bankruptcy

He recently got a divorce

His son died in the war

He has clinical depression
24 Who plays the Millionaire?

Harry Myers

Hank Mann

Charlie Chaplin

Buster Keaton
25 Who plays the Flower Girl?

Clara Bow

Lillian Gish

Louise Brooks

Virginia Cherrill

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