The Battle of Algiers Quizzes

The Battle of Algiers Quiz 1

1 Who directed The Battle of Algiers?
Ang Lee

Gillo Pontecorvo

Alfred Hitchcock

Ali La Pointe
2 When was The Battle of Algiers released?
1977

1999

1966

1957
3 In what country is The Battle of Algiers set?
France

Ethiopia

Nigeria

Algeria
4 What nationality are the uniformed soldiers in the first scene?
Algerian

Nigerian

French

British
5 What area of Algiers does most of the action take place?
The Casbah

The European Quarter

The port

The airport
6 What is the abbreviation for the Algerian rebel group at the center of the film?
FLN

FCC

FNL

NFL
7 What genre does the film fall under?
Documentary

Slapstick

Neorealism

Short film
8 What does the FLN want?
That French colonial rule is reinstated

Independence for Algeria

Independence for France

None of these
9 What religion is the FLN affiliated with?
Judaism

Islam

Christianity

Satanism
10 What is Ali doing in the scene where a policeman arrests him?
Assassinating French people

Running a street gambling table

Picking his nose

Stealing food
11 What prevents Ali from running away from the policeman who arrests him?
Another cop shoots him

A French settler trips Ali

He is too dignified to run

He feigns innocence
12 What is the nationality of the man Ali sees executed in prison?
Nigerian

Algerian

English

French
13 What phrase does the prisoner shout before being executed?
Long Live Algeria

God Bless the King

Viva Algeria

Only God Will Judge Me
14 What execution method does Ali witness in prison?
Electric chair

Guillotine

Poison injection

Incineration
15 Which answer best defines "decapitate"?
Seal a gap

Open a wine bottle

Twist open a jar

Cut off someone's head
16 Who does Ali try to shoot after his release from prison?
A scientist

A French policeman

A cafe owner

An FLN member
17 What instance of situational irony occurs when Ali attempts his first assassination?
The cop slowly claps

Ali shoots himself

Ali panics and drops the gun

The gun has no bullets
18 Who sets up Ali to fail in his assassination?
Lahadi Jaffer

No one

Ben M'Hidi

Mathieu Philippe
19 Why does the FLN set out rules for the Casbah?
To make the area a safe place for them to work from

They want to make it an example of the civilizing influence of the French

They are power-mad

They are mindlessly cruel
20 Why do so many police in Algiers die in one day?
They ambush the Casbah

The FLN coordinate a series of assassinations

The FLN poison their coffee

They commit suicide out of fear
21 What does France do in response to the loss of so many cops in Algiers?
Demolish the city center

Nothing

Increase police presence and cordon off the Casbah

Pull French police out of harm's way
22 Why don't checkpoint guards pat down women in burkas?
They don't want to upset their husbands

Islam dictates that women not be touched by men other than their husbands

They are lazy in their job

They are afraid of being poked by concealed weapons
23 What do guards ask Arab people for at Casbah checkpoints?
Identity papers

Money

Gunpowder

Food
24 What do female FLN members sneak out of the Casbah under their burkas?
Knives

Food

Money

Pistols
25 What does the French police chief in Algiers do in the Casbah at night?
Wiretap phones

Set off a bomb

Knock on doors looking for suspicious people

Surveil citizens

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