Raging Bull Quizzes

Raging Bull Quiz 1

1 What is the first image of Raging Bull?
Jake reciting his monologue

A lone boxer warming up in the ring

Vickie lounging around the pool

Jake losing a fight to Jimmy Reeves
2 In the beginning of the film, what is the older, washed out Jake doing?
Warming up for a fight

Doing a book-signing for his autobiography

Rehearsing his monologue for a nightclub appearance

Reuniting with Joey
3 What are the concluding lines of Jake’s monologue (in the beginning of the film)?
“It was you, Charley.”

“That’s entertainment.”

“Show’s over.”

“So give me a stage, where this bull here can rage.”
4 What is the significance of Jake’s fight with Jimmy Reeves?
It is Jake’s first professional win

It was a staged fight, and the boxing board suspended Jake thereafter

It is Jake’s first professional defeat

Jake wins the fight, which gives him the middleweight champion title
5 How do the spectators react to the verdict of the Jake-Reeves fight?
They demand the ring announcer to change the verdict

They immediately leaving the stadium

They cheer for Reeves

They break out into a riot
6 What is the name of Jake’s brother?
Salvy

Vito

Joey

Tommy
7 Who plays Jake?
Robert De Niro

Al Pacino

Marlon Brando

Joe Pesci
8 Who directed Raging Bull?
Steven Spielberg

Martin Scorsese

Robert Altman

Francis C. Coppola
9 Where did Jake grow up?
Miami

The Bronx, New York City

Cleveland

Queens, New York City
10 What is Salvy’s relationship to Joey and Jake?
He was Vickie’s first husband and the subject of Jake’s sexual paranoia

He is Joey and Jake’s estranged brother

He tries to convince them to cooperate with Tommy, the mob controller of the boxing industry

He is Joey and Jake’s neighbor who tries to start a boxing career
11 Who is Tommy Como?
Jake’s manager

The ring announcer at most New York City boxing matches

Jake’s greatest boxing nemesis

The undisputed mob controller of the boxing industry
12 Why does Salvy urge Joey (and Jake) to become subservient to the mob?
It will give Jake a chance at the middleweight title shot

The mob will destroy Jake’s career otherwise

It will earn Joey and Jake a better income

The mob will kill Joey and Jake if they don’t
13 Why is Jake angry at his first wife, Irma?
She slept with Salvy

She told Jake he was “no good” at boxing

She doesn’t come home one night

She overcooks his steak
14 What does Jake neighbor call Jake (from the window)?
An animal

An idiot

A loser

A degenerate
15 When was Raging Bull released?
1977

1954

1980

2001
16 What body part does Jake complain about?
His large nose

His weak knees

His large feet

His small hands
17 Which of these events do NOT characterize Jake as masochistic?
He tells Joey that he’s no good and begs for his forgiveness

He bullies Joey into punching him until his cuts reopen

He pours ice water into his shorts to deny himself of sexual gratification

He refuses to let Robinson get him to the canvas
18 How does Joey react when Jake asks him to punch him in the face?
He is dismayed and refuses

He applauds Jake’s tolerance for pain

He walks away in disbelief

He readily accepts the challenge
19 Where does Jake first spot Vickie?
At the neighborhood pool

At the Copacabana

In the crowd at one of his fights

At the Annual Summer Dance
20 Who is Vickie?
Joey’s wife

Jake’s first wife

Jake’s second wife

Jake’s mistress
21 How does Irma react to Joey and Jake leaving for the annual summer dance together?
She invites herself to the dance

She wishes them a good night

She yells homophobic slurs at them

She ignores them
22 Why does Jake bully Joey into punching him?
He wants to prepare for the pain he will feel in the Robinson fight

He wants Joey to feel guilty

He wants to suppress his sexual desire for Vickie

He’s masochistic and wants to assert his masculine authority
23 How does Jake respond after his first (onscreen) fight with Robinson?
He says, “It doesn’t matter...I still have a shot at the title.”

He attacks the judges

He says, “I’ve done a lot of bad things...Maybe it’s coming back to me.”

He violently breaks a chair against the wall
24 What separates Jake and Vickie when they first meet each other?
The ropes in the ring

Prison bars

The chain fence of the pool

The staircase poles
25 What does Jake flaunt to impress Vickie?
His leopard print robe

His watch

His paycheck

His nice car