Taxi Driver Quizzes

Taxi Driver Quiz 1

1 Where does the film take place?

Boston

New York City

Washington, DC

Detroit
2 When was the film released?

1971

1976

1975

1980
3 Who directed the film?

John Cassavetes

Francis Ford Coppola

Martin Scorsese

Brian De Palma
4 Who stars as Travis Bickle?

Al Pacino

Harvey Keitel

Albert Brooks

Robert De Niro
5 What does Travis tell the man at the taxi depot he suffers from?

Depression

Insomnia

Bipolar disorder

PTSD
6 How old is Travis?

25

26

30

32
7 What branch of the military was Travis in?

Air Force

Army

Marine Corps

Navy
8 What is "moonlighting"?

Taking a second job

Nightwalking

Going undercover

Doing drugs at night
9 When Travis speaks in voiceover, what is he doing?

Writing in a journal

Dictating his novel to an assistant

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

Vomit

Semen and blood

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

Pornographic movie theaters

Sports arenas

Public libraries

Restaurants
12 What does Travis do to the concessions clerk at the porno movie house?

Call her racial slurs

Hit on her

Befriend her

Threaten to get her fired
13 What does Travis drink at the movies?

Fruit punch

Coca-Cola

Coors Light

Bourbon
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?

36th and 6th

63rd and Broadway

Greenwich Village

42nd and 8th
16 What color dress is Betsy wearing when Travis first sees her?

White

Black

Red

Yellow
17 What does Betsy do for a living?

Waits tables

Designs wedding dresses

Works for Palantine

Goes to graduate school
18 What does Tom argue about on the phone when we first encounter him?

A typo on the campaign buttons

Low voter turn-out

The core values of liberalism

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 is going to quit the campaign

That he loves her

That he used to drive cabs
20 What does Travis do when Tom comes out to his car to confront him about staring?

Call him a "fag"

Give him the middle finger

Ask him about Betsy

Speed away
21 Who plays Betsy?

Farah Fawcett

Cybill Shepherd

Susan Sarandon

Natalie Wood
22 Who plays Tom?

Willem Dafoe

Albert Brooks

Eugene Levy

Christopher Walken
23 What issue does Tom say they should stress to voters about Palantine?

Abortion

Universal healthcare

Racial equality

Mandatory welfare
24 What is Wizard discussing when we first encounter him?

The taxi driver union

The difference between right and wrong

A recent sexual exploit

New York politics
25 Who plays Wizard?

Albert Brooks

Peter Boyle

Gene Wilder

Danny DeVito

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