City Lights Quizzes

City Lights Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the film?

William Goldman

Charlie Chaplin

Steven Spielberg

Frances Marion
2 Who directed the film?

Charlie Chaplin

Jean Renoir

Orson Welles

Howard Hawks
3 When was the film released?

1930

1929

1931

1940
4 Who produced the film?

John Ford

Howard Hawks

Victor Fleming

Charlie Chaplin
5 Who wrote the music?

Leonard Bernstein

Bernard Herrmann

George Gershwin

Charlie Chaplin
6 Who plays the lead character?

Charlie Chaplin

Rudolph Valentino

William Haines

Buster Keaton
7 Who is the main character?

The Tramp

The Eccentric Millionaire

The Flower Girl

James, the butler
8 Where do we first encounter the Tramp?

On a train towards New York

Sitting next to the river

Sleeping on top of a new monument

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

Paris

It doesn't specify

London

New York
10 Who composed the theme music for the Flower Girl?

Paul Bowles

Leonard Bernstein

José Padila

George Gershwin
11 What was the first "talkie"?

The Jazz Singer

The Circus

Arsenic and Old Lace

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

The General

Modern Times

The Great Dictator

The Kid
13 What does the monument signify?

Peace and Prosperity

The end of a great war

The spread of democracy

Wealth and Wisdom
14 What do the two newsboys steal from the Tramp?

His hat

His cane

His flower

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

A ring

A movie playing on a screen

A wind-up toy

A nude statue
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?

Paintings

Flowers

Poems

Scarves
18 What does the Tramp notice about the girl?

She has a scar on her forehead

She has a wooden leg

She's blind

She is wearing rags
19 What does the Flower Girl throw on the Tramp (accidentally)?

A handkerchief

Rotting flowers

Water

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

It's starting to rain

She doesn't have any money

Her grandmother is emotionally abusive

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

Jumping off a building

Drowning

Hanging

Poison
22 Where does the Tramp find the Millionaire?

At the dancehall

On the roof of the capitol

In his mansion

At the river
23 Why does the Millionaire want to kill himself?

His son died in the war

He has clinical depression

He recently got a divorce

He recently filed bankruptcy
24 Who plays the Millionaire?

Harry Myers

Hank Mann

Charlie Chaplin

Buster Keaton
25 Who plays the Flower Girl?

Louise Brooks

Virginia Cherrill

Clara Bow

Lillian Gish

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