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

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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

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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

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What sort of business did Kane choose to run?

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

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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..

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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.

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