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Taxi Driver Quiz 1

1 Where does the film take place?
New York City

Washington, DC

Boston

Detroit
2 When was the film released?
1980

1976

1975

1971
3 Who directed the film?
John Cassavetes

Francis Ford Coppola

Martin Scorsese

Brian De Palma
4 Who stars as Travis Bickle?
Harvey Keitel

Al Pacino

Robert De Niro

Albert Brooks
5 What does Travis tell the man at the taxi depot he suffers from?
PTSD

Depression

Insomnia

Bipolar disorder
6 How old is Travis?
32

30

25

26
7 What branch of the military was Travis in?
Navy

Army

Marine Corps

Air Force
8 What is "moonlighting"?
Nightwalking

Taking a second job

Going undercover

Doing drugs at night
9 When Travis speaks in voiceover, what is he doing?
Dictating his novel to an assistant

Writing in a journal

Addressing the other inmates in a prison

Omnisciently watching over all the action of the movie, like an author
10 What does Travis say he has to clean off the backseat of his cab at the end of each night?
Drugs

Semen and blood

Food

Vomit
11 What establishments does Travis most frequent in his leisure time?
Restaurants

Pornographic movie theaters

Public libraries

Sports arenas
12 What does Travis do to the concessions clerk at the porno movie house?
Threaten to get her fired

Call her racial slurs

Hit on her

Befriend her
13 What does Travis drink at the movies?
Coors Light

Bourbon

Coca-Cola

Fruit punch
14 "I believe that someone should be a person like _________________"
Me

No one else

Other people

Senator Palantine
15 Where are Palantine's campaign headquarters?
42nd and 8th

63rd and Broadway

Greenwich Village

36th and 6th
16 What color dress is Betsy wearing when Travis first sees her?
Black

Red

Yellow

White
17 What does Betsy do for a living?
Waits tables

Designs wedding dresses

Goes to graduate school

Works for Palantine
18 What does Tom argue about on the phone when we first encounter him?
A typo on the campaign buttons

The core values of liberalism

Low voter turn-out

His love life
19 What does Tom casually tell Betsy when she tells him to look outside at the staring Travis?
That he doesn't know why they're friends

That he loves her

That he used to drive cabs

That he is going to quit the campaign
20 What does Travis do when Tom comes out to his car to confront him about staring?
Speed away

Give him the middle finger

Call him a "fag"

Ask him about Betsy
21 Who plays Betsy?
Cybill Shepherd

Farah Fawcett

Susan Sarandon

Natalie Wood
22 Who plays Tom?
Willem Dafoe

Eugene Levy

Christopher Walken

Albert Brooks
23 What issue does Tom say they should stress to voters about Palantine?
Universal healthcare

Abortion

Mandatory welfare

Racial equality
24 What is Wizard discussing when we first encounter him?
The difference between right and wrong

A recent sexual exploit

The taxi driver union

New York politics
25 Who plays Wizard?
Peter Boyle

Gene Wilder

Albert Brooks

Danny DeVito

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