Raging Bull Quizzes

Raging Bull Quiz 1

1 What is the first image of Raging Bull?

Jake reciting his monologue

Jake losing a fight to Jimmy Reeves

Vickie lounging around the pool

A lone boxer warming up in the ring
2 In the beginning of the film, what is the older, washed out Jake doing?

Warming up for a fight

Rehearsing his monologue for a nightclub appearance

Doing a book-signing for his autobiography

Reuniting with Joey
3 What are the concluding lines of Jake’s monologue (in the beginning of the film)?

“So give me a stage, where this bull here can rage.”

“That’s entertainment.”

“It was you, Charley.”

“Show’s over.”
4 What is the significance of Jake’s fight with Jimmy Reeves?

It is Jake’s first professional win

It is Jake’s first professional defeat

Jake wins the fight, which gives him the middleweight champion title

It was a staged fight, and the boxing board suspended Jake thereafter
5 How do the spectators react to the verdict of the Jake-Reeves fight?

They break out into a riot

They demand the ring announcer to change the verdict

They cheer for Reeves

They immediately leaving the stadium
6 What is the name of Jake’s brother?

Joey

Tommy

Vito

Salvy
7 Who plays Jake?

Joe Pesci

Marlon Brando

Robert De Niro

Al Pacino
8 Who directed Raging Bull?

Francis C. Coppola

Martin Scorsese

Robert Altman

Steven Spielberg
9 Where did Jake grow up?

The Bronx, New York City

Queens, New York City

Cleveland

Miami
10 What is Salvy’s relationship to Joey and Jake?

He was Vickie’s first husband and the subject of Jake’s sexual paranoia

He is Joey and Jake’s estranged brother

He tries to convince them to cooperate with Tommy, the mob controller of the boxing industry

He is Joey and Jake’s neighbor who tries to start a boxing career
11 Who is Tommy Como?

Jake’s manager

The ring announcer at most New York City boxing matches

Jake’s greatest boxing nemesis

The undisputed mob controller of the boxing industry
12 Why does Salvy urge Joey (and Jake) to become subservient to the mob?

The mob will kill Joey and Jake if they don’t

It will earn Joey and Jake a better income

The mob will destroy Jake’s career otherwise

It will give Jake a chance at the middleweight title shot
13 Why is Jake angry at his first wife, Irma?

She told Jake he was “no good” at boxing

She overcooks his steak

She slept with Salvy

She doesn’t come home one night
14 What does Jake neighbor call Jake (from the window)?

A degenerate

A loser

An animal

An idiot
15 When was Raging Bull released?

1977

2001

1980

1954
16 What body part does Jake complain about?

His large feet

His small hands

His weak knees

His large nose
17 Which of these events do NOT characterize Jake as masochistic?

He bullies Joey into punching him until his cuts reopen

He refuses to let Robinson get him to the canvas

He tells Joey that he’s no good and begs for his forgiveness

He pours ice water into his shorts to deny himself of sexual gratification
18 How does Joey react when Jake asks him to punch him in the face?

He is dismayed and refuses

He applauds Jake’s tolerance for pain

He readily accepts the challenge

He walks away in disbelief
19 Where does Jake first spot Vickie?

At the Annual Summer Dance

In the crowd at one of his fights

At the neighborhood pool

At the Copacabana
20 Who is Vickie?

Jake’s first wife

Jake’s mistress

Joey’s wife

Jake’s second wife
21 How does Irma react to Joey and Jake leaving for the annual summer dance together?

She invites herself to the dance

She ignores them

She yells homophobic slurs at them

She wishes them a good night
22 Why does Jake bully Joey into punching him?

He’s masochistic and wants to assert his masculine authority

He wants Joey to feel guilty

He wants to prepare for the pain he will feel in the Robinson fight

He wants to suppress his sexual desire for Vickie
23 How does Jake respond after his first (onscreen) fight with Robinson?

He says, “It doesn’t matter...I still have a shot at the title.”

He violently breaks a chair against the wall

He attacks the judges

He says, “I’ve done a lot of bad things...Maybe it’s coming back to me.”
24 What separates Jake and Vickie when they first meet each other?

The ropes in the ring

Prison bars

The staircase poles

The chain fence of the pool
25 What does Jake flaunt to impress Vickie?

His watch

His leopard print robe

His nice car

His paycheck