Modern Times Quizzes

Modern Times Quiz 1

1 At the start of the film, the workers are symbolically compared to...
Dogs in a kennel

A flock of sheep entering a pen

Criminals being executed

Robots in a factory
2 What is the first way that the President of the Electro Steel Corp. interacts with the factory floor?
He gives everyone a break for their hard work

He takes away the workers' lunch break

He tells the mechanic to speed up section 5

He makes the Tramp act as a guinea pig for a new feeding machine
3 Each of the following slow the Tramp down from his work on the assembly line EXCEPT...
He bee flies in his face and a coworkers swats at it

He blows his nose

He responds to the foreman

He scratches his armpit
4 Why is it significant that the president's voice is the only one heard in the first few factory scenes?
He has all the power, and the workers are voiceless

The workers have become mute from the oppressive labor

The workers are too exhausted even to speak, while the president leads a relaxed life

The workers cannot be heard over the sounds of the machinery
5 What does the Tramp's twitching as he leaves the assembly line show us about his situation?
He has a debilitating genetic disorder

He loves his work so much that he continues to practice even when off the assembly line

He is incompetent at his job and weak

His work is negatively affecting his mental and physical health
6 Which of the following is repeatedly shown as one of the (if not the single most) important behaviors at the factory?
Punching in your time card

Addressing your foreman with respect

Keeping yourself clean and tidy

Love of your work
7 Who does the president select to be the guinea pig for the feeding machine?
The Tramp

Big Bill

Himself

An unnamed foreman
8 When the Tramp leaves the hospital, the doctor tells him to...
Take a vacation away from the big city

Stick to a healthier diet

Take it easy and avoid excitement

Find a job
9 The 'bustling city' sequence is intended to show that the city makes the Tramp feel which way?
lonely and desperate

disoriented and confused

free and elated

excited but nervous
10 When the workers' march appears behind the Tramp and follows him, it is an example of...
Situational irony

Verbal irony

Visual metaphor

Dramatic irony
11 What does Chaplin seem to argue in the scene in which the Tramp is arrested as a communist?
Communists often find convenient scapegoats to avoid arrest

Arresting someone for their ideas is a ridiculous and undemocratic policy

The government often arrests the wrong people as communists

The government has successfully maintained peace with their policies of arresting communists
12 When we first meet the Gamin, what is she doing?
Stealing a loaf of bread to feed herself

Weeping near the docks

Stealing bananas to feed her family

Looking for her father, who has been killed
13 How is the Gamin's family portrayed?
Desperate and frustrated

Destitute but loving

Stable and disconnected

Raucous and lively
14 What unexpected thing does the Tramp's cellmate do?
He bullies the Tramp into giving him his food

He embroiders in his spare time

He tries to kill the Tramp

He plans a prison escape
15 What happens to the Tramp during a meal in the prison?
He accidentally ingests a lot of cocaine

He is forced to help a criminal smuggle drugs into the prison

He accidentally becomes quite drunk

He is apprehended for smuggling drugs even though he was not guilty
16 What is the first kind thing that the Tramp does for the Gamin?
He encourages her to maintain hope

He finds her a job

He takes responsibility for the bread that she stole

He offers her a home
17 How does the Tramp actually manage to get arrested a second time?
He robs a bank

He takes responsibility for the stolen bread and is promptly arrested

He eats a meal in a cafeteria and then calls in a policeman while explaining that he cannot pay

He steals a cigar from a newsstand
18 How do the Tramp and the Gamin escape from custody?
The Gamin attacks one of the policemen in the van while the van swerves, and they are thrown out of the vehicle

The Gamin pleads with an officer in the van and he agrees to let them go

The Tramp uses his knowledge of previous escapes to plan an elaborate escape from jail

They sneak away while the officers are distracted
19 What does the Tramp imagine comes with a job and a house in the fantasy sequence?
A beautiful family

Health insurance

Power

Plenty to eat
20 When the Tramp is released from prison a second time, who is there to meet him?
The Gamin

His brother

The Sheriff

The child welfare officers
21 When the Tramp gets a job as a mechanic's assistant, how does he perform?
He is incompetent, breaking several important tools and almost injuring the mechanic

He is very diligent and hard-working

He outperforms the mechanic and is offered the mechanic's job

He tries to sabotage the mechanic and gets himself in trouble
22 Who gets stuck in the machine in the factory when the Tramp is working as a mechanic's assistant?
The Tramp

The President

Big Bill

The mechanic
23 What does meeting the Gamin do to the Tramp?
She forces him to get a job that he hates

She inspires him to take more control over his life

She inspires him to join the communist party and take down the factory owners

She encourages him to behave badly, leading to more arrests
24 The Tramp does all of the following when working as a waiter EXCEPT...
Knock a customer's food all over the floor

Get knocked over by a dog but does not drop his tray

Get a duck stuck to a chandelier

Go through the kitchen door the wrong way
25 In what language does the Tramp sing the final song?
English

Gibberish

French

Italian

why is it significant that the president's voice is only heard in the first scene

The President has all the power and the workers are voiceless.

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When the trump leaves the hospital, the doctor tells him to

Take it easy and avoid excitement.

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Why is it significant that the president’s voice is the only one heard in the factory in the first few factory scenes?

The President represents progress even at the expense of humanity or safety of emplyees: he represents progress and greed. An inventor and two salesmen come to the factory to try to sell the President a Feeding Machine, which feeds the workers...

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Modern Times

by Charles Chaplin

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