Agog about Agee

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Where was Agee born? Baltimore, Maryland Albany, New York Knoxville, Tennessee Atlanta, Georgia

2. What is the first name of the young hero of 'A Death In The Family'? Sidney Rufus Rhett Ashley

3. Name the two Stephen Crane storie Agee adopted for the screen. The Open Boat, A Mystery of Heroism The Monster, The Red Badge Of Courage The Pace of Youth, The Upturned Face The Blue Hotel, The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky

4. Name the director of Agee's script of Davis Grubb's The Night Of The Hunter. Charles Laughton Karl Malden Marlon Brando John Wayne

5. Which 19th-century artist's life did Agee base a script on? Vincent Van Gogh Paul Gauguin Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Edgar Degas

6. Which American composer set Agee's words to music? Stephen Sondheim Aaron Copland Samuel Barber Leonard Bernstein

7. Name the magazine Agee DIDN'T write film criticism for. Time Films in Review Life The Nation

8. What is the film Agee DID do with Huston? The Asphalt Jungle Fat City Night of the Iguana The African Queen

9. Name the title of Agee's collaboration with photographer Walker Evans. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men As I See I Am A Camera How the Other Half Lives

10. Name the only untrue statement about Agee. He was a Broadway playwright He was a published poet He won the Pulitzer Prize He died of a heart attack in a taxi