Questions in this quiz: The French New Wave

Nouvelle Vague cinema of the late 1950s and 1960s. Godard, Truffaut, Chabrol, Rohmer, Resnais — Breathless, The 400 Blows, Hiroshima Mon Amour, and the auteur theory's birth.

1. In which Cahiers du Cinéma essay did François Truffaut launch the polemic that would later be reformulated as the 'politique des auteurs'? — Options: 'Une certaine tendance du cinéma français', 'Le cinéma selon Hitchcock', 'Ali Baba et la politique des auteurs', 'De la politique des auteurs'
2. Which novelist wrote the screenplay for Alain Resnais's 'Hiroshima mon amour' (1959)? — Options: Marguerite Duras, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Nathalie Sarraute, Françoise Sagan
3. Which film is generally credited as the first feature of the Nouvelle Vague to be released in French cinemas? — Options: Claude Chabrol's 'Le Beau Serge', François Truffaut's 'Les Quatre Cents Coups', Jean-Luc Godard's 'À bout de souffle', Jacques Rivette's 'Paris nous appartient'
4. The story outline for Godard's 'À bout de souffle' was written by which fellow critic-director? — Options: François Truffaut, Éric Rohmer, Jacques Rivette, Claude Chabrol
5. Antoine Doinel, the recurring protagonist of Truffaut's films from 'Les Quatre Cents Coups' onward, was portrayed across the cycle by which actor? — Options: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jean-Claude Brialy, Charles Aznavour, Gérard Blain
6. What is the correct chronological order of release for these Éric Rohmer 'Six Moral Tales' entries? — Options: La Collectionneuse → Ma nuit chez Maud → Le Genou de Claire, Ma nuit chez Maud → La Collectionneuse → Le Genou de Claire, Le Genou de Claire → La Collectionneuse → Ma nuit chez Maud, La Collectionneuse → Le Genou de Claire → Ma nuit chez Maud
7. Which cinematographer shot 'À bout de souffle' using a wheelchair and a postal cart to achieve its handheld look? — Options: Raoul Coutard, Henri Decaë, Nestor Almendros, Sacha Vierny