Breathless Quizzes

Breathless Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Francois Truffaut

Bernardo Bertolucci

Federico Fellini

Jean-Luc Godard
2 When was the film released?
1962

1964

1960

1952
3 Where does the film take place?
New York

Rome

London

Paris
4 Of which film movement is Godard a part?
Italian surrealism

Kitchen sink realism

Film noir

French New Wave
5 What is another film that is typically credited with starting the French New Wave?
The 400 Blows

Satyricon

8 1/2

Jules and Jim
6 Who plays Michel?
Jean Gabin

Alain Delon

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Gerard Depardieu
7 What does Michel talk about as he drives his stolen car in the beginning?
His parents

How he became a criminal

The many wonders of France

His favorite things about sex
8 Why doesn't Michel pick up the hitchhikers?
He has to get to Paris by a certain time

He is afraid they are informers

They are not pretty enough

He doesn't trust hitchhikers
9 What is Michel's biggest crime?
Robbing a bank

Shooting a policeman

Raping a woman

Murdering his friend
10 Whose key does Michel steal?
Antonio's

The policeman's

His father's

Patricia's
11 What does Michel use a newspaper to do?
Wipe his windshield

Polish his shoes

Find a job

Make a hat
12 Where is the woman who Michel first visits heading later?
The TV station

The police

Her mother's

An audition
13 What career does the woman suggest Michel take up?
Drug dealer

Cop

Gigolo

Gas station attendant
14 What kind of cigarettes does the woman smoke?
Camel

Newport

Marlboro

Lucky Strike
15 How much money does Michel ask her for?
2000 francs

500 francs

5000 francs

10,000 francs
16 What does she offer him?
1000 francs

400 francs

200 francs

500 francs
17 Who does Michel visit after the woman?
Patricia

Antonio

Mr. Tolmachov

The police
18 What does Patricia sell?
Beer

The New York Herald Tribune

Gum

A French literary magazine
19 Who plays Patricia?
Jean Seberg

Monica Vitti

Kim Novak

Anna Karina
20 Where does Michel tell Patricia he's been?
Nice

Rome

London

Marseilles
21 Why does Michel buy a paper?
To be nice to Patricia

To see if they're looking for him

To read his horoscope

To find a job
22 How many girls has Michel slept with since Patricia?
3

2

None

10
23 What must Patricia do in order to ensure her parents' financial support?
Go to secretarial training

Learn French

Enroll at the Sorbonne

Go back to New York
24 What does the poster that Michel passes say?
Doom awaits

Fortune favors the brave

Find love and keep love

Live dangerously until the end
25 What does the inspector say Michel's former job was?
Gigolo

Mechanic

Air France steward

Stage actor

Michel is characterized as the king of cool even as early as his first appearance. What makes his dialog and costume cool

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What is the meaning of death in the final scene?

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by Jean-Luc Godard

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