| 1. What is the name of Harold's mother's hairdresser?
Renee
Philip
Faye
August
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| 2. What birthday is Maude celebrating 'next Saturday'?
90th
65th
85th
80th
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| 3. What freelance profession did Maude participate in because she liked 'to keep in practice'?
waitressing
acting
ballet dancing
nude modeling
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| 4. What helpless life did Harold and Maude rescue?
a dog who was hit by a car
a flower
a stray cat
a tree
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| 5. Harold's Uncle was known as whose 'right-hand man'?
Major General Edward M. Almond
General Doolittle
Richard Nixon
General MacArthur
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| 6. What is Harold's uncle's name?
Arnold
Henry
Victor
Franklin
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| 7. When Harold is talking with his psychologist, the doctor asks him how many suicides he's performed. What is Harold's answer?
6
11
22
15
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| 8. When Harold is trying to avoid being drafted, he and Maude have a fake fight by the waterfront in front of Harold's uncle. What does Maude grab from Harold and throw into the sewer?
a pistol
a shrunken head
Harold's wig
an American flag
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| 9. How does Harold commit suicide in the movie's first scene?
hangs himself
shoots himself
slashes his own throat
lights himself on fire
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| 10. What is the name of Harold's last date?
Sunshine Dore
Beatrice English
Peggy Grotto
Fern Slipknot
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| 11. What does Harold plan to do for Maude's birthday?
perform the most 'impressive' suicide ever
take her to the carnival
take her sky diving
propose marriage
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| 12. Harold's mother tells a story about her husband (Harold's father) at dinner. What was Harold's father arrested for while they vacationed in Paris?
Stealing a tomato from a street cart
floating nude down the Seine
soliciting a prostitute
attempting suicide
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| 13. What instrument does Maude give Harold?
harmonica
banjo
mexican bass guitar
recorder
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| 14. What does Harold's 'second date' do for a living?
poli-sci' student
file clerk
actress
librarian
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| 15. What color is Maude's umbrella at the funeral?
white
yellow
blue
red
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| 16. What is the significance of Maude's tattoo? (Short answer) |
| 17. How does Maude's life history inform her decision to take her own life on her 80th Birthday?? (Short answer) |
she said 80 is a good age to go
| 18. In an essay on “The Female Aging Body Through Film,” scholar Elizabeth Markson first notes that Maude “may be the only female character in American cinema to have a romantic sexual entanglement with a man approximately sixty years younger than she.” Then, after referring to content in the film that reveals various characters’ disgust with the union, Markson contends that Maude’s suicide “provides a tidy end that would satisfy psychiatrist, priest, and many cinema goers alike.” Do you think that the ending is the only possible fate for Harold and Maude? (Explain your answer) yes i think it was the only outcome because no one would accept them as being together because the age differnece |