The Battle of Algiers Quizzes

The Battle of Algiers Quiz 1

By Maxwell Olson · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed December 15, 2022

1 Who directed The Battle of Algiers?

Ali La Pointe

Alfred Hitchcock

Ang Lee

Gillo Pontecorvo
2 When was The Battle of Algiers released?

1999

1977

1957

1966
3 In what country is The Battle of Algiers set?

France

Nigeria

Ethiopia

Algeria
4 What nationality are the uniformed soldiers in the first scene?

British

French

Algerian

Nigerian
5 What area of Algiers does most of the action take place?

The Casbah

The airport

The European Quarter

The port
6 What is the abbreviation for the Algerian rebel group at the center of the film?

FLN

FNL

FCC

NFL
7 What genre does the film fall under?

Neorealism

Documentary

Short film

Slapstick
8 What does the FLN want?

That French colonial rule is reinstated

Independence for Algeria

Independence for France

None of these
9 What religion is the FLN affiliated with?

Judaism

Islam

Satanism

Christianity
10 What is Ali doing in the scene where a policeman arrests him?

Running a street gambling table

Picking his nose

Assassinating French people

Stealing food
11 What prevents Ali from running away from the policeman who arrests him?

He is too dignified to run

Another cop shoots him

He feigns innocence

A French settler trips Ali
12 What is the nationality of the man Ali sees executed in prison?

English

Algerian

French

Nigerian
13 What phrase does the prisoner shout before being executed?

Long Live Algeria

Viva Algeria

God Bless the King

Only God Will Judge Me
14 What execution method does Ali witness in prison?

Poison injection

Electric chair

Incineration

Guillotine
15 Which answer best defines "decapitate"?

Seal a gap

Open a wine bottle

Cut off someone's head

Twist open a jar
16 Who does Ali try to shoot after his release from prison?

A cafe owner

A scientist

An FLN member

A French policeman
17 What instance of situational irony occurs when Ali attempts his first assassination?

The cop slowly claps

Ali shoots himself

Ali panics and drops the gun

The gun has no bullets
18 Who sets up Ali to fail in his assassination?

Mathieu Philippe

Lahadi Jaffer

Ben M'Hidi

No one
19 Why does the FLN set out rules for the Casbah?

They are mindlessly cruel

To make the area a safe place for them to work from

They are power-mad

They want to make it an example of the civilizing influence of the French
20 Why do so many police in Algiers die in one day?

The FLN poison their coffee

They commit suicide out of fear

They ambush the Casbah

The FLN coordinate a series of assassinations
21 What does France do in response to the loss of so many cops in Algiers?

Demolish the city center

Increase police presence and cordon off the Casbah

Pull French police out of harm's way

Nothing
22 Why don't checkpoint guards pat down women in burkas?

They don't want to upset their husbands

They are afraid of being poked by concealed weapons

They are lazy in their job

Islam dictates that women not be touched by men other than their husbands
23 What do guards ask Arab people for at Casbah checkpoints?

Gunpowder

Identity papers

Money

Food
24 What do female FLN members sneak out of the Casbah under their burkas?

Money

Food

Knives

Pistols
25 What does the French police chief in Algiers do in the Casbah at night?

Knock on doors looking for suspicious people

Wiretap phones

Set off a bomb

Surveil citizens

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