Roberto Rossellini - Quiz
Roberto Rossellini
  • 1. In what year did Rossellini begin directing films for television?
A) 1966
B) 1959
C) 1964
D) 1971
  • 2. Which television film did Rossellini direct in 1966?
A) Concerto per Michelangelo
B) Socrates
C) La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV
D) Cartesius
  • 3. What is the English title for the 1966 film 'La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV'?
A) The Age of Iron
B) The World Population
C) The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
D) The Philosophers
  • 4. Which film was a lost project for Roberto Rossellini in 1937?
A) L'Invasore
B) Anima nera
C) Rivalità
D) Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
  • 5. What role did Rossellini play in the 1963 film 'Les Carabiniers'?
A) Producer
B) Supervisor
C) Co-screenwriter
D) Director
  • 6. Who co-directed the 1974 film 'The World Population' with Rossellini?
A) Beppe Cino
B) Salvador Allende
C) Michelangelo
D) Renzo Rossellini
  • 7. Which mini-series did Rossellini direct in 1959?
A) L'Età di Cosimo de' Medici
B) L'Età del ferro
C) Atti degli apostoli
D) L'India vista da Rossellini
  • 8. Which 1971 film credits Rossellini as an interviewer?
A) Pascal
B) Intervista a Salvador Allende: La forza e la ragione
C) Socrates
D) Idea di un'isola
  • 9. In what year did Rossellini direct 'L'Età del ferro'?
A) 1969
B) 1973
C) 1964
D) 1959
  • 10. Which film project is associated with Rossellini but remains unconfirmed regarding its status?
A) L'Invasore
B) Rivalità
C) Torino nei cent'anni
D) Anima nera
  • 11. Rossellini acted as a producer for which 1969 film?
A) L'Invasore
B) Rivalità
C) Benito Mussolini
D) The Night of Counting the Years
  • 12. What was Rossellini's role in the 1938 film 'Luciano Serra, Pilot'?
A) Supervisor
B) Producer
C) Screenplay
D) Director
  • 13. Which television film was directed by Rossellini in 1977?
A) Socrates
B) Pascal
C) Cartesius
D) Concerto per Michelangelo
  • 14. Which mini-series was Rossellini involved in as a writer in 1970?
A) L'India vista da Rossellini
B) L'Età del ferro
C) La lotta dell'uomo per la sua sopravvivenza
D) Atti degli apostoli
  • 15. Who co-directed the film 'Rice University' with Rossellini in 1971?
A) Michelangelo
B) Beppe Cino
C) Salvador Allende
D) Renzo Rossellini
  • 16. Which television film series included 'Socrates', 'Pascal', 'Agostino d'Ippona', and 'Cartesius'?
A) The Age of Iron
B) Acts of the Apostles
C) The World Population
D) The Philosophers
  • 17. In what year did Rossellini direct the mini-series 'Atti degli apostoli'?
A) 1969
B) 1959
C) 1964
D) 1973
  • 18. In what year did Roberto Rossellini marry Assia Noris?
A) 1941
B) 1937
C) 1936
D) 1934
  • 19. What was the profession of Marcella De Marchis?
A) Costume designer
B) Actress
C) Screenwriter
D) Producer
  • 20. Which film was Rossellini filming when he began an affair with Ingrid Bergman?
A) The Flowers of St. Francis
B) Journey to Italy
C) La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV
D) Stromboli
  • 21. Who was one of the other sponsors of the Peoples' World Convention alongside Rossellini?
A) Martin Scorsese
B) Albert Einstein
C) André Bazin
D) François Truffaut
  • 22. What was the cause of Roberto Rossellini's death?
A) Old age
B) Unknown illness
C) Appendicitis
D) Heart attack
  • 23. Which of Rossellini's sons died of appendicitis in 1946?
A) Arjun
B) Marco Romano
C) Renzo
D) Renato
  • 24. Who famously called Rossellini the father of the French New Wave?
A) Jean-Luc Godard
B) André Bazin
C) François Truffaut
D) Martin Scorsese
  • 25. Who is the mother of Raffaella Rossellini?
A) Sonali Dasgupta
B) Assia Noris
C) Ingrid Bergman
D) Marcella De Marchis
  • 26. Where are some of Rossellini's personal papers and film-related materials kept?
A) The French Film Institute
B) Wesleyan University Cinema Archives
C) The Italian National Archive
D) The Library of Congress
  • 27. In which city was Roberto Rossellini born?
A) Pisa
B) Florence
C) Venice
D) Rome
  • 28. What was the profession of Rossellini's father, Angiolo?
A) He was a teacher
B) He was a professional musician
C) He owned a construction firm
D) He was a film director
  • 29. What was the name of the first modern cinema in Rome that Rossellini's father built?
A) Via Ludovisi
B) Corso
C) The Roman Pavilion
D) Cinema Neorealismo
  • 30. Which film is considered the first work in Rossellini's 'Fascist Trilogy'?
A) The White Ship
B) Rome, Open City
C) Germany, Year Zero
D) Paisan
  • 31. Who assisted Rossellini on the script for Rome, Open City?
A) Federico Fellini
B) Francesco De Robertis
C) Goffredo Alessandrini
D) Renzo Rossellini
  • 32. In which city was Germany, Year Zero filmed?
A) Berlin
B) Venice
C) Rome
D) Paris
  • 33. Who was the Swedish actress who wrote a letter to Rossellini proposing a collaboration?
A) Anna Magnani
B) Ingrid Bergman
C) Isabella Rossellini
D) Sonali Senroy Dasgupta
  • 34. What is the name of the daughter of Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman who became an actress and model?
A) Renata
B) Isabella
C) Elettra
D) Isotta
  • 35. Which Indian prime minister invited Rossellini to India in 1957?
A) Rajiv Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Indira Gandhi
  • 36. What was the title of Rossellini's final project, a documentary?
A) Beaubourg
B) India
C) The Essential Image
D) Journey to Italy
  • 37. What did Rossellini believe was often neglected in the materialist world?
A) Economic stability
B) Scientific advancements
C) Modern technology
D) Catholic ethics and religious sentiment
Created with That Quiz — where a math practice test is always one click away.