On the Waterfront Quizzes

On the Waterfront Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Tennessee Williams

George Cukor

John Ford

Elia Kazan
2 When was the film released?
1951

1954

1957

1959
3 Who wrote the screenplay?
Arthur Miller

Budd Schulberg

Tennessee Williams

Elia Kazan
4 Who plays Terry Malloy?
Al Pacino

James Dean

Marlon Brando

Paul Newman
5 On what film had Elia Kazan and Marlon Brando previously collaborated?
Baby Doll

East of Eden

A Streetcar Named Desire

The Wild One
6 Where does the film take place?
Hoboken, NJ

Queens, NY

Brooklyn, NY

Bridgeport, CT
7 Who plays Johnny Friendly?
Karl Malden

Elia Kazan

Henry Fonda

Lee J. Cobb
8 What does Terry deliver to Joey Doyle's apartment?
A gun for protection

A pigeon

A threatening note from Johnny

A letter from Edie
9 How is Joey murdered?
He's poisoned

He's pushed off the roof of his apartment

He's stabbed in the back

He's driven to suicide
10 What is Edie's response to Father Barry on the night of Joey's death?
She tells him that she is afraid she is going to hurt someone to avenge the death of her brother

She is angry and inconsolable

She is calm and wants to enlist his help

She thinks that he killed Joey
11 What was Terry's previous profession?
Lawyer

Actor

Policeman

Boxer
12 Who plays Charley Malloy?
Karl Malden

Rod Steiger

Christopher Plummer

Lee J. Cobb
13 What is Charley's relationship to Terry?
They were rival boxers

They are childhood best friends

They are brothers

They are cousins
14 Who plays Father Barry?
Karl Malden

James Stewart

Henry Fonda

Eli Wallach
15 Why did they murder Joey?
He informed a journalist about corruption at the docks

He was stealing money from Johnny Friendly

He had slept with Johnny Friendly's girlfriend

He was going to talk to the Waterfront Crime Commission
16 Who plays Edie?
Natalie Wood

Eva Marie Saint

Grace Kelly

Elizabeth Montgomery
17 What does Dugan want the shipment to be?
Cigarettes

Irish Whiskey

Bananas

Melons
18 Why does an angry mob break out at the docks on the first day back at work after the murder?
Big Mac throws the work tabs into the air for them to fight over

Big Mac informs them that their paychecks are getting cut in half

Terry gets angry on behalf of the Doyle family and throws a punch at Big Mac

Dugan yells that he is going to turn them all in to the Waterfront Crime Commission
19 What does Father Barry do at the docks?
He offers for some of the dockworkers to come and meet at his church

He tells Terry that God knows what he did

He makes a speech to the men about how they are all bad Christians

He asks Johnny Friendly to speak in private about Joey's death
20 What does Charley ask Terry to do for them after Father Barry leaves?
Spy on the church meeting

Stop talking to Edie

Start getting to work early

Stop talking to the other dockworkers
21 What is "stooling"?
Killing someone who is disloyal to Johnny

Praying to Jesus for redemption

Working hard at the docks

Ratting on your friends
22 What is Johnny's position?
Union leader

Owner of the docks

Mayor of Hoboken

Fellow dockworker
23 Who speaks up at the church meeting?
Nobody

Terry

Dugan

Mr. Doyle
24 Why are the men suspicious of Terry at the church meeting?
He is smoking a cigarette

He is Johnny's son

He is laughing at all comments being made

He's Charley's brother
25 Why won't the men speak up?
They think Father Barry has been employed by Johnny

They think that they will be punished by God if they do

They love Johnny and don't want to be disloyal

They are "deaf and dumb" and are afraid of getting killed

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