HUI 231: Quiz 3

Question 1

Why does Filumena wants to marry Dummì (Domenico Soriano) in Marriage Italian Style?

Answer 1

She wants his last name.

Question 2

What are some things that Dummì did for Filumena in Marriage Italian Style (He let her….)?

Answer 2

• Keep house for his mother
• Run the shop
• Give her comfort

Question 3

In Marriage Italian Style before meeting Dummì, Filumena worked as?

Answer 3

A prostitute.

Question 4

How many sons does Filumena have?

Answer 4

3.

Question 5

Which advantage will the sons of Filumena have by her marriage?

Answer 5

A name.

Question 6

Which genre best characterizes Marriage Italian Style?

Answer 6

Comedy-Drama.

Question 7

The screenplay for Marriage Italian Style was written by?

Answer 7

DeFilippo.

Question 8

Where does Marriage Italian Style take place?

Answer 8

Naples.

Question 9

Where does Swept Away take place?

Answer 9

On an island.

Question 10

Swept Away is about…

Answer 10

• A man and a woman
• Class Struggle
• Politics
• Bourgeoisie & a Proletariat

Question 11

In Swept Away Raffaella accuses Gennarino to be?

Answer 11

A communist.

Question 12

In Swept Away Gennarino is from…

Answer 12

Sicily.

Question 13

According to the narrative where does the action take place in Swept Away?

Answer 13

• Yacht

- Island

Question 14

The director of Swept Away is a?

Answer 14

Woman.

Question 15

Swept Away is considered more of a?

Answer 15

Fable.

Question 16

In Swept Away Gennarino is from the …….. and Raffaella is from the ……..

Answer 16

South-North, where he is communist and she is capitalist.

Question 17

In an early scene in Swept Away, what is one of the things that bother Raffaella?

Answer 17

A shirt.

Question 18

Under which gender can we classify Swept Away?

Answer 18

• Comedy

- Drama

Question 19

In Swept Away as a symbol of love Raffaella gives to Gennarino a?

Answer 19

Earring.

Question 20

In Cinema Paradiso where does the father of Totò dies?

Answer 20

In Russia.

Question 21

Where does Cinema Paradiso take place?

Answer 21

Sicily.

Question 22

In Cinema Paradiso we meet a “strange “ character who believes he “owns”?

Answer 22

The Square.

Question 23

What would you say characterizes Cinema Paradiso?

Answer 23

Nostalgia.

Question 24

Indirectly (as mentioned in class) Cinema Paradiso is also about?

Answer 24

Emigration.

Question 25

Who was the town sensor for Cinema Paradiso?

Answer 25

The priest.

Question 26

What kind of scenes were censored in Cinema Paradiso?

Answer 26

Kissing scenes.

Question 27

Cinema Paradiso starts…

Answer 27

In the present.

Question 28

In a certain way we can consider Cinema Paradiso a (an)…. film.

Answer 28

Meta-film.

Question 29

In Cinema Paradiso Alfredo uses “old sayings” taken from the…

Answer 29

Old films.

Question 30

Lamerica is about?

Answer 30

The end of the cold war.

Question 31

In which country does Lamerica take place?

Answer 31

Albania.

Question 32

What kind of business do the two italians in Lamerica want to start?

Answer 32

Shoe business.

Question 33

In Lamerica which is the ironic cause that makes the company illegal?

Answer 33

The president is not from Albania.

Question 34

Where was the “president of the company” from?

Answer 34

Italy.

Question 35

Lamerica is about?

Answer 35

• An attempted scam
• Emigration
• The post-communist situation