1. In which year was Jules Dassin born?
a) 1905
b) 1911
c) 1915
d) 1920
Answer: b) 1911
2. Where was Jules Dassin born?
a) New York City, New York
b) Middletown, Connecticut
c) Los Angeles, California
d) Chicago, Illinois
Answer: b) Middletown, Connecticut
3. What was the profession of Jules Dassin’s father?
a) Barber
b) Teacher
c) Lawyer
d) Doctor
Answer: a) Barber
4. What was the ethnic background of Jules Dassin’s parents?
a) Italian immigrants
b) Irish immigrants
c) Jewish immigrants from Odesa
d) French immigrants
Answer: c) Jewish immigrants from Odesa
5. Where did Jules Dassin grow up after moving at age three?
a) Harlem
b) Brooklyn
c) Queens
d) Manhattan
Answer: a) Harlem
6. Which high school did Jules Dassin attend?
a) Bronx Science High School
b) Morris High School
c) Stuyvesant High School
d) Harlem High School
Answer: b) Morris High School
7. At what age did Jules Dassin begin acting professionally?
a) 12
b) 14
c) 16
d) 18
Answer: b) 14
8. With which theater group did Dassin start his acting career?
a) Group Theatre
b) Actors’ Equity
c) Yiddish Art Theatre
d) Federal Theatre Project
Answer: c) Yiddish Art Theatre
9. Which studio did Dassin join as an assistant director in 1940?
a) RKO Pictures
b) Universal Pictures
c) Warner Bros.
d) Paramount Pictures
Answer: a) RKO Pictures
10. What was the title of Jules Dassin’s first short film for MGM?
a) The Tell-Tale Heart
b) The Raven
c) The Black Cat
d) The Fall of the House of Usher
Answer: a) The Tell-Tale Heart
11. Which film marked Dassin’s breakthrough as a director at Universal?
a) Nazi Agent
b) The Canterville Ghost
c) Brute Force
d) Reunion in France
Answer: c) Brute Force
12. Which actor starred in Dassin’s film Brute Force?
a) Humphrey Bogart
b) Burt Lancaster
c) James Cagney
d) Edward G. Robinson
Answer: b) Burt Lancaster
13. What style did Dassin emphasize in Brute Force?
a) Realism and documentary-style
b) Surrealism
c) Expressionism
d) Romanticism
Answer: a) Realism and documentary-style
14. Which film did Dassin direct that is considered a seminal film noir?
a) The Naked City
b) Topkapi
c) Never on Sunday
d) He Who Must Die
Answer: a) The Naked City
15. Why was Jules Dassin blacklisted in Hollywood?
a) Refusing to direct a film
b) Named as a communist by the HUAC
c) Financial misconduct
d) Contract disputes
Answer: b) Named as a communist by the HUAC
16. In which year was Dassin informed he would be blacklisted?
a) 1945
b) 1948
c) 1950
d) 1953
Answer: b) 1948
17. Which film was Dassin working on when he was blacklisted?
a) Thieves’ Highway
b) Rififi
c) Night and the City
d) The Naked City
Answer: c) Night and the City
18. To which country did Dassin move after being blacklisted?
a) France
b) Italy
c) England
d) Spain
Answer: a) France
19. Which film earned Dassin the Best Director Award at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival?
a) Never on Sunday
b) Rififi
c) Topkapi
d) He Who Must Die
Answer: b) Rififi
20. What is a notable feature of the heist sequence in Rififi?
a) No music or dialogue
b) Fast-paced editing
c) Extensive voiceover
d) Bright lighting
Answer: a) No music or dialogue
21. Who described Rififi as the best film noir they had ever seen?
a) Jean-Luc Godard
b) François Truffaut
c) Martin Scorsese
d) Alfred Hitchcock
Answer: b) François Truffaut
22. Which Greek actress did Dassin meet at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival?
a) Irene Papas
b) Melina Mercouri
c) Anna Magnani
d) Sophia Loren
Answer: b) Melina Mercouri
23. In which year did Jules Dassin marry Melina Mercouri?
a) 1955
b) 1960
c) 1966
d) 1970
Answer: c) 1966
24. Which film featuring Melina Mercouri won the Best Film Award at Cannes in 1960?
a) Topkapi
b) Never on Sunday
c) Phaedra
d) A Dream of Passion
Answer: b) Never on Sunday
25. For which film was Dassin nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director?
a) Rififi
b) Never on Sunday
c) Topkapi
d) Brute Force
Answer: b) Never on Sunday