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City Lights Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the film?
William Goldman

Charlie Chaplin

Frances Marion

Steven Spielberg
2 Who directed the film?
Howard Hawks

Charlie Chaplin

Orson Welles

Jean Renoir
3 When was the film released?
1940

1930

1929

1931
4 Who produced the film?
Victor Fleming

Charlie Chaplin

John Ford

Howard Hawks
5 Who wrote the music?
George Gershwin

Bernard Herrmann

Leonard Bernstein

Charlie Chaplin
6 Who plays the lead character?
Rudolph Valentino

Buster Keaton

William Haines

Charlie Chaplin
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

Begging for money on the street

On a train towards New York

Sitting next to the river
9 In which city does the film take place?
London

New York

It doesn't specify

Paris
10 Who composed the theme music for the Flower Girl?
George Gershwin

Paul Bowles

José Padila

Leonard Bernstein
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?
The General

The Great Dictator

The Kid

Modern Times
13 What does the monument signify?
Peace and Prosperity

The end of a great war

Wealth and Wisdom

The spread of democracy
14 What do the two newsboys steal from the Tramp?
His hat

His wallet

His cane

His flower
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 falls in a manhole

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

He nearly trips the Flower Girl

He nearly gets pickpocketed
17 What does the girl sell in front of the mansion?
Paintings

Flowers

Scarves

Poems
18 What does the Tramp notice about the girl?
She has a wooden leg

She's blind

She is wearing rags

She has a scar on her forehead
19 What does the Flower Girl throw on the Tramp (accidentally)?
Rotting flowers

Wine

Water

A handkerchief
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

Hanging

Poison

Drowning
22 Where does the Tramp find the Millionaire?
At the dancehall

At the river

In his mansion

On the roof of the capitol
23 Why does the Millionaire want to kill himself?
His son died in the war

He recently filed bankruptcy

He has clinical depression

He recently got a divorce
24 Who plays the Millionaire?
Hank Mann

Harry Myers

Buster Keaton

Charlie Chaplin
25 Who plays the Flower Girl?
Lillian Gish

Clara Bow

Louise Brooks

Virginia Cherrill

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