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Quiz about Cavalcade of Classic Romantic Dramas

Cavalcade of Classic Romantic Dramas Quiz

This quiz takes a look at some representative movies from different types of romantic dramas.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
72,557

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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2061

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Question 1 of 10

1. Unrequited Love: The classic in this genre may be 'Of Human Bondage'. Leslie Howard (the protagonist in the best version of the movie) is hung up on young Bette Davis. What are his two other interests? Hint

Education, Literature

Medicine, Art

Law, Music

Business, Politics

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Question 2 of 10

2. Divorce: 'Kramer vs. Kramer' is one of the better movies about a marriage gone south. It's a custody fight: with whom does the child end up living at the end of the movie? Hint

Jill Clayburgh

Dustin Hoffman

Meryl Streep

Michael Douglas

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Question 3 of 10

3. Crime of Passion: 'The Letter' begins with Bette Davis shooting - repeatedly - a 'friend'; we learn why as the movie unfolds. Who wrote the story? Hint

George S. Kaufman

Somerset Maugham

O. Henry

B. Traven

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Question 4 of 10

4. Family Conflict: Which of the following movies includes Judd Hirsch in the cast? Hint

'I Never Sang For My Father'

'Cat On A Hot Tin Roof'

'Ordinary People'

'Mildred Pierce'

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Question 5 of 10

5. Classic Tragedy: 'Affair to Remember' is the best of this genre, with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr as two lovers. Who played the other man who was also romantically interested in Kerr? Hint

Ray Milland

Richard Denning

James Whitmore

Aldo Ray

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Question 6 of 10

6. Complicated Relationships: 'The Graduate'. (What's more complicated than a man becoming involved with both a girl and her mother?) Who played the hotel clerk where Hoffman and Bancroft met for their trysts? Hint

William Daniels

Buck Henry

Murray Hamilton

Norman Fell

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Question 7 of 10

7. Romance Complicated By Business: 'The Verdict' has lawyer Paul Newman getting involved with a scheming woman who is in league with his adversaries. Who plays the woman? Hint

Charlotte Rampling

Sally Field

Melinda Dillon

Piper Laurie

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Question 8 of 10

8. Bizarre Relationships: 'Tootsie' involves a romance - but things aren't what they seem. Who plays the man who is interested in Tootsie? Hint

Charles Durning

Wilford Brimley

Gene Lockhart

Peter Ustinov

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Question 9 of 10

9. Romantic Triangle: 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' is perhaps the best in this category. How did John Garfield and Lana Turner first try to kill Turner's husband? Hint

Shooting

Throwing from a Train

Kill Him In The Bathtub

Poisoning

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Question 10 of 10

10. Happily Ever After: 'The Apartment' has Jack Lemmon pursuing Shirley Maclaine throughout the movie - and winning her in the end. Who was one of the business associates of Lemmon's who used his apartment? Hint

Ray Walston

Jack Kelly

Lou Jacobi

Earl Holliman

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Medicine, Art

He's a medical student who also has an interest in painting. His infatuation with Davis (and her indifference to him) prove costly in this tale by Somerset Maugham. (The movie was remade with Laurence Harvey and Kim Novak.)

2. Divorce: 'Kramer vs. Kramer' is one of the better movies about a marriage gone south. It's a custody fight: with whom does the child end up living at the end of the movie?

Answer: Dustin Hoffman

Hoffman and Streep are the parents. Clayburgh starred in another divorce drama: 'An Unmarried Woman'. Douglas starred in 'War of the Roses'.

3. Crime of Passion: 'The Letter' begins with Bette Davis shooting - repeatedly - a {'friend';} we learn why as the movie unfolds. Who wrote the story?

Answer: Somerset Maugham

A play, originally.

4. Family Conflict: Which of the following movies includes Judd Hirsch in the cast?

Answer: 'Ordinary People'

All are 'family conflict' movies. Hirsch played the psychiatrist in 'Ordinary People' about a family in turmoil. 'Cat' also involved multiple family conflicts. 'Pierce' featured a mother-daughter conflict betweeen Joan Crawford and Ann Blyth. 'Father' involved a father-son conflict between Gene Hackman and Melvyn Douglas.

5. Classic Tragedy: 'Affair to Remember' is the best of this genre, with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr as two lovers. Who played the other man who was also romantically interested in Kerr?

Answer: Richard Denning

Milland was Ryan O'Neal's father in 'Love Story', the quintessential tale of a doomed relationship.

Answer: Buck Henry

Daniels played Hoffman's father. Hamilton played Mr. Robinson. Fell played the operator of the housing facility near the college attended by Katharine Ross. (Richard Dreyfuss also had a bit part in the movie.)

7. Romance Complicated By Business: 'The Verdict' has lawyer Paul Newman getting involved with a scheming woman who is in league with his adversaries. Who plays the woman?

Answer: Charlotte Rampling

Field starred with Newman in 'Absence of {Malice';} Dillon was also in the movie. Laurie was in 'Hustler' with Newman.

8. Bizarre Relationships: 'Tootsie' involves a romance - but things aren't what they seem. Who plays the man who is interested in Tootsie?

Answer: Charles Durning

Some romances simply can't work out - no matter what you try to do.

9. Romantic Triangle: 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' is perhaps the best in this category. How did John Garfield and Lana Turner first try to kill Turner's husband?

Answer: Kill Him In The Bathtub

The train bit comes from 'Double Indemnity'.

Answer: Ray Walston

Jacobi was in a different Lemmon and Maclaine movie: 'Irma La Douce'.

Source: Author robert362

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