Citizen Kane - Test Review

Identify the Character: Emily Monroe Norton

• Kane's first wife
• Kane's second wife
• Kane's butler
• Kane's general manager, and the CEO of his company
• The reporter investigating Kane

Identify the Character: Walter Parks Thatcher

• The banker who raised Kane
• Kane's college friend who works for him at the Enquirer
• The reporter investigating Kane
• Kane's political rival
• Kane's general manager, and the CEO of his company

Identify the Character: Jedidiah Leland

• Kane's college friend who works for him at the Enquirer
• The banker who raised Kane
• The reporter investigating Kane
• Kane's political rival
• Kane's general manager, and the CEO of his company

What sort of business did Kane choose to run?

• A newspaper.
• A Television station.
• A gold mine.
• An opera.

Which is NOT a reason Mary Kane send Charles to live with the banker?

• To shield Charles from the pain of her imminent death due to illness.
• To get Charles away from his abusive father.
• To groom Charles for taking over the family business when he turned of age.
• To ensure that Charles received a first rate education.

Why does Kane fire Jedediah Leland?

• For writing a bad review of Kane's wife's opera debut
• For drinking on the job.
• For selling information to his political rival
• For having an affair with Kane's wife

What happened to Kane's child?

• He died in a car accident.
• He never had one.
• He faught with Kane and refused to take over the family business.
• He took over the Kane newspapers once Kane died

Which moment best reflects Kane's moment of Anangnorisis (recognition of failure)?

• After Kane smashed up Susan's room, Kane picks up the snowglobe, tearfully says "Rosebud" and walks lonely walk through the barren halls of Xanadu.
• Kane begs Susan to stay with him, but she rejects him and walks out, prompting Kane to smash up her room, destroying everything in his path.
• Kane lies on his deathbed and whispers a solitary word as he releases his final breath, "Rosebud." The snowglobe falls and shatters.
• On a "picnic", Kane and Susan argue inside their tent. Kane, towering over Susan, slaps her across the face and notes that he doesn't feel sorry for the action.

Symbolically, what deeper significance does Welles weave into 'Rosebud'?

• Rosebud symbolizes the time in his life when Kane felt the love of his mother, the last time he felt pure love.
• Rosebud symbolizes his youth, the last time in Kane's life when Kane's life was free of the responsibility his wealth requires of him.
• Rosebud symbolizes Kane's father, the powerful figure of authority from his youth who served as a model for his model of manhood and power through his life.
• Rosebud symbolizes the isolation Kane feels, as though Kane himself were trapped and covered by an invisible glass shield that kept others out of his life..

Which could be considered one of Kane's tragic flaws?

• His rage and temper which leads him to act without thinking.

• His sorrow and depression, which isolates him and causes him to emotionally push others away.

• His wealth and money, which changes him and the relationships he wishes to forge

• His greed, which causes him to sacrifice the relationships and people in his life in exchange for more money and material objects.