Raging Bull Quizzes

Raging Bull Quiz 1

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

Jake losing a fight to Jimmy Reeves

Vickie lounging around the pool

A lone boxer warming up in the ring
2 In the beginning of the film, what is the older, washed out Jake doing?
Doing a book-signing for his autobiography

Warming up for a fight

Reuniting with Joey

Rehearsing his monologue for a nightclub appearance
3 What are the concluding lines of Jake’s monologue (in the beginning of the film)?
“Show’s over.”

“That’s entertainment.”

“It was you, Charley.”

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

It is Jake’s first professional win
5 How do the spectators react to the verdict of the Jake-Reeves fight?
They break out into a riot

They immediately leaving the stadium

They cheer for Reeves

They demand the ring announcer to change the verdict
6 What is the name of Jake’s brother?
Joey

Vito

Salvy

Tommy
7 Who plays Jake?
Marlon Brando

Robert De Niro

Al Pacino

Joe Pesci
8 Who directed Raging Bull?
Francis C. Coppola

Robert Altman

Steven Spielberg

Martin Scorsese
9 Where did Jake grow up?
The Bronx, New York City

Miami

Cleveland

Queens, New York City
10 What is Salvy’s relationship to Joey and Jake?
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

He is Joey and Jake’s estranged brother

He was Vickie’s first husband and the subject of Jake’s sexual paranoia
11 Who is Tommy Como?
Jake’s manager

The ring announcer at most New York City boxing matches

The undisputed mob controller of the boxing industry

Jake’s greatest boxing nemesis
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

It will earn Joey and Jake a better income

The mob will kill Joey and Jake if they don’t

The mob will destroy Jake’s career otherwise
13 Why is Jake angry at his first wife, Irma?
She slept with Salvy

She overcooks his steak

She told Jake he was “no good” at boxing

She doesn’t come home one night
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

2001

1980

1954
16 What body part does Jake complain about?
His small hands

His large feet

His weak knees

His large nose
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 refuses to let Robinson get him to the canvas

He pours ice water into his shorts to deny himself of sexual gratification
18 How does Joey react when Jake asks him to punch him in the face?
He applauds Jake’s tolerance for pain

He walks away in disbelief

He is dismayed and refuses

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

At the Copacabana

At the Annual Summer Dance

In the crowd at one of his fights
20 Who is Vickie?
Joey’s wife

Jake’s second wife

Jake’s first wife

Jake’s mistress
21 How does Irma react to Joey and Jake leaving for the annual summer dance together?
She yells homophobic slurs at them

She wishes them a good night

She invites herself to the dance

She ignores them
22 Why does Jake bully Joey into punching him?
He wants to suppress his sexual desire for Vickie

He’s masochistic and wants to assert his masculine authority

He wants Joey to feel guilty

He wants to prepare for the pain he will feel in the Robinson fight
23 How does Jake respond after his first (onscreen) fight with Robinson?
He says, “I’ve done a lot of bad things...Maybe it’s coming back to me.”

He says, “It doesn’t matter...I still have a shot at the title.”

He violently breaks a chair against the wall

He attacks the judges
24 What separates Jake and Vickie when they first meet each other?
The ropes in the ring

The staircase poles

Prison bars

The chain fence of the pool
25 What does Jake flaunt to impress Vickie?
His leopard print robe

His nice car

His paycheck

His watch