1. What is Ernst Lubitsch best known for in his American directing career?
A) Science fiction epics
B) Sophisticated comedies of manners
C) Western films
D) Horror thrillers
Answer: B) Sophisticated comedies of manners
2. In which year was Ernst Lubitsch born?
A) 1885
B) 1892
C) 1900
D) 1875
Answer: B) 1892
3. Where was Ernst Lubitsch born?
A) Hollywood, California
B) Berlin, Germany
C) Vienna, Austria
D) Paris, France
Answer: B) Berlin, Germany
4. What term is associated with Lubitsch’s unique filmmaking style?
A) The German Wave
B) The Lubitsch Touch
C) The Hollywood Glow
D) The Silent Spark
Answer: B) The Lubitsch Touch
5. Which film marked Lubitsch’s first significant directorial success in Germany?
A) The Love Parade
B) The Eyes of the Mummy
C) The Shop Around the Corner
D) Ninotchka
Answer: B) The Eyes of the Mummy
6. Which actress invited Lubitsch to Hollywood in 1922?
A) Greta Garbo
B) Mary Pickford
C) Jeanette MacDonald
D) Pola Negri
Answer: B) Mary Pickford
7. What was the first American film directed by Lubitsch?
A) Rosita
B) The Marriage Circle
C) The Patriot
D) Forbidden Paradise
Answer: A) Rosita
8. Which studio signed Lubitsch to a three-year, six-picture contract in the 1920s?
A) Paramount
B) Warner Brothers
C) MGM
D) Universal
Answer: B) Warner Brothers
9. Which Lubitsch film is a romantic comedy set in a department store?
A) Trouble in Paradise
B) The Shop Around the Corner
C) Design for Living
D) Heaven Can Wait
Answer: B) The Shop Around the Corner
10. Which Lubitsch film features Greta Garbo as a Soviet envoy?
A) Ninotchka
B) The Smiling Lieutenant
C) To Be or Not to Be
D) The Merry Widow
Answer: A) Ninotchka
11. How many times was Lubitsch nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director?
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
Answer: C) Three
12. Which film earned Lubitsch an Honorary Academy Award in 1946?
A) No specific film; for his career contributions
B) Heaven Can Wait
C) To Be or Not to Be
D) The Shop Around the Corner
Answer: A) No specific film; for his career contributions
13. Which director was known to have a sign asking, “How would Lubitsch do it?”
A) Alfred Hitchcock
B) Billy Wilder
C) John Ford
D) Frank Capra
Answer: B) Billy Wilder
14. Which Lubitsch film is a satire about Nazism?
A) The Love Parade
B) To Be or Not to Be
C) The Merry Widow
D) One Hour with You
Answer: B) To Be or Not to Be
15. What was Lubitsch’s role at Paramount in 1935?
A) Head of marketing
B) Director of production
C) Lead screenwriter
D) Casting director
Answer: B) Director of production
16. Which actress did Lubitsch discover while reviewing screen tests in 1929?
A) Jeanette MacDonald
B) Carole Lombard
C) Margaret Sullavan
D) Gene Tierney
Answer: A) Jeanette MacDonald
17. Which Lubitsch film was completed by Otto Preminger after his death?
A) That Lady in Ermine
B) Cluny Brown
C) Heaven Can Wait
D) The Patriot
Answer: A) That Lady in Ermine
18. Which of the following is NOT a Lubitsch film nominated for Best Picture?
A) The Patriot
B) The Love Parade
C) Trouble in Paradise
D) Ninotchka
Answer: C) Trouble in Paradise
19. What genre did Lubitsch primarily focus on in his American career?
A) Romantic comedies
B) War dramas
C) Crime thrillers
D) Historical epics
Answer: A) Romantic comedies
20. Which actor starred in Lubitsch’s The Love Parade?
A) Maurice Chevalier
B) James Stewart
C) Jack Benny
D) Don Ameche
Answer: A) Maurice Chevalier
21. Which Lubitsch film features a love triangle with two men and one woman?
A) Design for Living
B) The Smiling Lieutenant
C) The Marriage Circle
D) Forbidden Paradise
Answer: A) Design for Living
22. In which year did Lubitsch become a naturalized American citizen?
A) 1925
B) 1933
C) 1940
D) 1947
Answer: B) 1933
23. Which Lubitsch film is a musical comedy featuring Jeanette MacDonald?
A) The Merry Widow
B) Ninotchka
C) To Be or Not to Be
D) Trouble in Paradise
Answer: A) The Merry Widow
24. Which Lubitsch film is a colorful fantasy about the afterlife?
A) Heaven Can Wait
B) The Shop Around the Corner
C) One Hour with You
D) The Oyster Princess
Answer: A) Heaven Can Wait
25. Which Lubitsch film was released in 1932 and involves jewel thieves?
A) Trouble in Paradise
B) The Smiling Lieutenant
C) One Hour with You
D) The Patriot
Answer: A) Trouble in Paradise
