The Battle of Algiers Quizzes

The Battle of Algiers Quiz 1

1 Who directed The Battle of Algiers?
Gillo Pontecorvo

Ali La Pointe

Ang Lee

Alfred Hitchcock
2 When was The Battle of Algiers released?
1999

1977

1957

1966
3 In what country is The Battle of Algiers set?
Ethiopia

Algeria

Nigeria

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

French

Nigerian

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

The port

The Casbah

The European Quarter
6 What is the abbreviation for the Algerian rebel group at the center of the film?
FNL

FCC

FLN

NFL
7 What genre does the film fall under?
Documentary

Neorealism

Slapstick

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

Satanism

Islam

Christianity
10 What is Ali doing in the scene where a policeman arrests him?
Running a street gambling table

Picking his nose

Assassinating French people

Stealing food
11 What prevents Ali from running away from the policeman who arrests him?
He feigns innocence

Another cop shoots him

He is too dignified to run

A French settler trips Ali
12 What is the nationality of the man Ali sees executed in prison?
Nigerian

French

English

Algerian
13 What phrase does the prisoner shout before being executed?
Only God Will Judge Me

Viva Algeria

Long Live Algeria

God Bless the King
14 What execution method does Ali witness in prison?
Guillotine

Electric chair

Incineration

Poison injection
15 Which answer best defines "decapitate"?
Cut off someone's head

Seal a gap

Open a wine bottle

Twist open a jar
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 gun has no bullets

The cop slowly claps

Ali shoots himself

Ali panics and drops the gun
18 Who sets up Ali to fail in his assassination?
Lahadi Jaffer

Ben M'Hidi

Mathieu Philippe

No one
19 Why does the FLN set out rules for the Casbah?
They are power-mad

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

To make the area a safe place for them to work from

They are mindlessly cruel
20 Why do so many police in Algiers die in one day?
They commit suicide out of fear

They ambush the Casbah

The FLN poison their coffee

The FLN coordinate a series of assassinations
21 What does France do in response to the loss of so many cops in Algiers?
Nothing

Pull French police out of harm's way

Demolish the city center

Increase police presence and cordon off the Casbah
22 Why don't checkpoint guards pat down women in burkas?
They are lazy in their job

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

They are afraid of being poked by concealed weapons

They don't want to upset their husbands
23 What do guards ask Arab people for at Casbah checkpoints?
Gunpowder

Food

Money

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

Pistols

Food

Money
25 What does the French police chief in Algiers do in the Casbah at night?
Surveil citizens

Knock on doors looking for suspicious people

Wiretap phones

Set off a bomb

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