Breathless Quizzes

Breathless Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Federico Fellini

Francois Truffaut

Jean-Luc Godard

Bernardo Bertolucci
2 When was the film released?
1960

1952

1962

1964
3 Where does the film take place?
Paris

London

New York

Rome
4 Of which film movement is Godard a part?
French New Wave

Kitchen sink realism

Film noir

Italian surrealism
5 What is another film that is typically credited with starting the French New Wave?
Jules and Jim

8 1/2

The 400 Blows

Satyricon
6 Who plays Michel?
Jean Gabin

Gerard Depardieu

Alain Delon

Jean-Paul Belmondo
7 What does Michel talk about as he drives his stolen car in the beginning?
How he became a criminal

The many wonders of France

His favorite things about sex

His parents
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?
Raping a woman

Murdering his friend

Shooting a policeman

Robbing a bank
10 Whose key does Michel steal?
Antonio's

Patricia's

His father's

The policeman's
11 What does Michel use a newspaper to do?
Polish his shoes

Wipe his windshield

Find a job

Make a hat
12 Where is the woman who Michel first visits heading later?
Her mother's

An audition

The police

The TV station
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

Marlboro

Newport

Lucky Strike
15 How much money does Michel ask her for?
5000 francs

500 francs

2000 francs

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

400 francs

200 francs

1000 francs
17 Who does Michel visit after the woman?
The police

Patricia

Mr. Tolmachov

Antonio
18 What does Patricia sell?
Gum

A French literary magazine

Beer

The New York Herald Tribune
19 Who plays Patricia?
Jean Seberg

Monica Vitti

Kim Novak

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

London

Marseilles

Nice
21 Why does Michel buy a paper?
To read his horoscope

To find a job

To be nice to Patricia

To see if they're looking for him
22 How many girls has Michel slept with since Patricia?
3

None

2

10
23 What must Patricia do in order to ensure her parents' financial support?
Learn French

Go back to New York

Enroll at the Sorbonne

Go to secretarial training
24 What does the poster that Michel passes say?
Find love and keep love

Doom awaits

Live dangerously until the end

Fortune favors the brave
25 What does the inspector say Michel's former job was?
Gigolo

Air France steward

Mechanic

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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