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Captain Fantastic

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the Director of Captain Fantastic

a)

Behn Zeitlin

b)

Matt Ross

c)

Ben Cash

d)

Viggo Mortensen

2.

Do you think the Cash children got a better education with their father than they would have done in school?

a)

Yes

b)

No

3.

Instead of Christmas, the Cash family celebrated whose birthday?

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Chairman Mao

c)

Noam Chomsky

d)

Their mother

4.

Who do you think the film aligns the spectator with most successfully? Why?

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5.

Which 2 of the following are the names of some of the Cash children?

a)

Bodevan

b)

Amethyst

c)

Vespyr

d)

Dai

6.

In her will, Leslie Cash asked for her body to be

(a)  

7.

Ross's use of Continuity editing creates an immersive feel to the film, which can lead to passive viewing. How does the narrative contrast with this? Pick 2

a)

Challenges hegemonic ideas about child rearing

b)

Discontinuous narrative disrupts clear ideology

c)

Ideological tensions challenge spectator alignment

d)

Asynchronous sound conflicts with visual element

8.

The unsubtitled Esperanto dialogue and the frequent uses of framing of Ben's face in mirrors are both examples of what? Pick 3

a)

Callous disregard for the spectator

b)

The Cash family being Philosopher Kings

c)

Ideological symbolism

d)

Brechtian distancing effect

9.

What is significant about the title of Philosopher Kings? What does it tell us about Ben and Leslie's attitude to normal American's?

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10.

What is the significance of Ben shaving and Bo cutting his hair? Pick 2

a)

It solves the lice problem

b)

Character transformation

c)

Coming of age for both of them

d)

Want to conform to US society