CTVA 301 final exam questions with
verified answers
"How could I have known that murder can sometimes smell like honeysuckle" - correct answer
✔✔Double indemnity (Walter neff)
Double indemnity - director/year - correct answer ✔✔Billy Wilder, 1944
Double indemnity the novel - writer/ year - correct answer ✔✔James Cain, 1943
Billy wilder background - correct answer ✔✔(Double indemnity ) born in 1906 in austro-
hungarian empire (aka now Poland). Of German language + culture Ieft with rise of the Nazi
party + moved to Paris (1933) emigrated to Hollywood (1934)
Migration - Double indemnity + His Girl Friday - correct answer ✔✔Mr Jackson from Medford,
Oregon + Murphy a Reporter
Migration- double indemnity + citizen Kane - correct answer ✔✔Sam Garlopis ( Greek truck
driver) + Italian vocal coach
Double indemnity present tense + location - correct answer ✔✔16 July 1938, LA
Double indemnity- representation of family - correct answer ✔✔Dysfunctional : dietrichson/mr
dietrichson
Double indemnity- representation of love - correct answer ✔✔Heterosexual couple: mutual
destruction ( Phyllis/ Walter, lola/nino, phyllis/nino)
, Homosexual: protective gestures of love Walter/Barton
Double indemnity- representation of women - correct answer ✔✔Exciting childless *****-
Phyllis dietrichson
Boring potentially childbearing sweetheart: Lola dietrichson
Double indemnity techniques- narration / narrator - correct answer ✔✔Narration: restricted
Narrator: character narrator, first person monologue (walter neff)
Double indemnity - iconography (mise-en-scene) - correct answer ✔✔Lighting: lowkey high
contrast lighting, shadIowing
Low/high angle
Smoking drinking, guns, fedora hats, trench coats, money, big house Venetian blinds night, LA
Double indemnity - iconographic stars - correct answer ✔✔Barbara stanwyck
Double indemnity and homosexuality - correct answer ✔✔Walter is lying on the floor, says:
"You know why you couldn't figure this one out, Keyes? Because the guy you were looking for
was too close, right across the desk from you." Keyes responds: "Closer than that, Walter."
Walter replies: "I love you too." Keyes lights Walter's cigarette.
Double indemnity - race + class - correct answer ✔✔All the non-white characters perform
service jobs:
African-American cleaning crew at the Pacific All Risk insurance company office
Charlie, the African-American garage attendant
African-American porter at the train station
Walter: "A colored woman comes in a couple of times a week" (to clean the apartment)
verified answers
"How could I have known that murder can sometimes smell like honeysuckle" - correct answer
✔✔Double indemnity (Walter neff)
Double indemnity - director/year - correct answer ✔✔Billy Wilder, 1944
Double indemnity the novel - writer/ year - correct answer ✔✔James Cain, 1943
Billy wilder background - correct answer ✔✔(Double indemnity ) born in 1906 in austro-
hungarian empire (aka now Poland). Of German language + culture Ieft with rise of the Nazi
party + moved to Paris (1933) emigrated to Hollywood (1934)
Migration - Double indemnity + His Girl Friday - correct answer ✔✔Mr Jackson from Medford,
Oregon + Murphy a Reporter
Migration- double indemnity + citizen Kane - correct answer ✔✔Sam Garlopis ( Greek truck
driver) + Italian vocal coach
Double indemnity present tense + location - correct answer ✔✔16 July 1938, LA
Double indemnity- representation of family - correct answer ✔✔Dysfunctional : dietrichson/mr
dietrichson
Double indemnity- representation of love - correct answer ✔✔Heterosexual couple: mutual
destruction ( Phyllis/ Walter, lola/nino, phyllis/nino)
, Homosexual: protective gestures of love Walter/Barton
Double indemnity- representation of women - correct answer ✔✔Exciting childless *****-
Phyllis dietrichson
Boring potentially childbearing sweetheart: Lola dietrichson
Double indemnity techniques- narration / narrator - correct answer ✔✔Narration: restricted
Narrator: character narrator, first person monologue (walter neff)
Double indemnity - iconography (mise-en-scene) - correct answer ✔✔Lighting: lowkey high
contrast lighting, shadIowing
Low/high angle
Smoking drinking, guns, fedora hats, trench coats, money, big house Venetian blinds night, LA
Double indemnity - iconographic stars - correct answer ✔✔Barbara stanwyck
Double indemnity and homosexuality - correct answer ✔✔Walter is lying on the floor, says:
"You know why you couldn't figure this one out, Keyes? Because the guy you were looking for
was too close, right across the desk from you." Keyes responds: "Closer than that, Walter."
Walter replies: "I love you too." Keyes lights Walter's cigarette.
Double indemnity - race + class - correct answer ✔✔All the non-white characters perform
service jobs:
African-American cleaning crew at the Pacific All Risk insurance company office
Charlie, the African-American garage attendant
African-American porter at the train station
Walter: "A colored woman comes in a couple of times a week" (to clean the apartment)
