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The Battle of Algiers Quiz 1

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1 Who directed The Battle of Algiers?

Alfred Hitchcock

Ang Lee

Ali La Pointe

Gillo Pontecorvo
2 When was The Battle of Algiers released?

1999

1966

1977

1957
3 In what country is The Battle of Algiers set?

Nigeria

France

Ethiopia

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

Nigerian

Algerian

French

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

The European Quarter

The airport

The port

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

NFL

FCC

FLN

FNL
7 What genre does the film fall under?

Neorealism

Slapstick

Short film

Documentary
8 What does the FLN want?

Independence for France

That French colonial rule is reinstated

Independence for Algeria

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

Satanism

Islam

Judaism

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

Stealing food

Running a street gambling table

Assassinating French people

Picking his nose
11 What prevents Ali from running away from the policeman who arrests him?

He is too dignified to run

Another cop shoots him

A French settler trips Ali

He feigns innocence
12 What is the nationality of the man Ali sees executed in prison?

English

Nigerian

French

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

Long Live Algeria

Only God Will Judge Me

God Bless the King

Viva Algeria
14 What execution method does Ali witness in prison?

Guillotine

Electric chair

Poison injection

Incineration
15 Which answer best defines "decapitate"?

Twist open a jar

Seal a gap

Open a wine bottle

Cut off someone's head
16 Who does Ali try to shoot after his release from prison?

A cafe owner

A French policeman

An FLN member

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

Ali shoots himself

The gun has no bullets

Ali panics and drops the gun

The cop slowly claps
18 Who sets up Ali to fail in his assassination?

No one

Ben M'Hidi

Lahadi Jaffer

Mathieu Philippe
19 Why does the FLN set out rules for the Casbah?

They are mindlessly cruel

They are power-mad

They want to make it an example of the civilizing influence of the French

To make the area a safe place for them to work from
20 Why do so many police in Algiers die in one day?

The FLN poison their coffee

The FLN coordinate a series of assassinations

They ambush the Casbah

They commit suicide out of fear
21 What does France do in response to the loss of so many cops in Algiers?

Increase police presence and cordon off the Casbah

Nothing

Pull French police out of harm's way

Demolish the city center
22 Why don't checkpoint guards pat down women in burkas?

They are afraid of being poked by concealed weapons

Islam dictates that women not be touched by men other than their husbands

They are lazy in their job

They don't want to upset their husbands
23 What do guards ask Arab people for at Casbah checkpoints?

Identity papers

Gunpowder

Money

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

Pistols

Money

Food

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

Set off a bomb

Knock on doors looking for suspicious people

Surveil citizens

Wiretap phones

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