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The story begins during one hot day. What season was it when the story first unfolds?
winter
summer
Together with the summer sun, the stories of the characters start bright, then fizzle out.
spring
fall
What is the overall subject matter of "Requiem for a Dream," from which all of the major characters suffered?
gambling
addiction
The major characters in "Requiem for a Dream" all had different forms of addiction. Their respective stories start from how they entered these addictions up to how they suffered from it.
suicidal tendencies
money laundering
A native New Yorker, director Aronofsky’s film was also set in his state. In which NY borough did the story take place?
Brooklyn
Selby’s novel-turned-film is set in Brooklyn. The characters are from Brighton Beach.
Bronx
Harlem
Manhattan
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One of the younger generation of Brighton Beach junkies in the film is Harry Goldfarb. Which Suicide Squad actor played him?
Robert Downey Jr.
Chris Pine
Will Smith
Jared Leto
Jared Leto played Harry Goldfarb, the young man who's just a happy-go-lucky dude.
Harry Goldfarb had a best friend named Tyrone C. Love, an African-American who has recurring mother issues. Which comedic actor played him?
Pharell Williams
Jamie Foxx
Marlon Wayans
Marlon Wayans played Tyrone. He's called Ty for short.
Keenen Invory Wayans
Harry Goldfarb used to live with Sara Goldfarb, played by Ellen Burstyn. What is her relationship to Harry?
sister
mother
Ellen Burstyn's character, Sara, is Harry's mother. She was nominated for an Oscar for this role.
daughter
twin
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Brooklyn best friends Harry and Tyrone are both recreational drug users. What is their synthetic drug of choice?
shabu
meth
heroin
Harry and Ty like shooting up heroin. Most of the time, they snort it.
hash
As a widow who lives alone, what is Sara Goldfarb’s favorite hobby?
playing poker
going to Broadway once in a while
watching TV
Sara loves watching television. She's always in front of it.
ice skating
Sara Goldfarb always watches a TV segment hosted by Tappy Tibbons where he sells a certain lifestyle change program. What do you call this kind of TV segment?
a pilot
a news segment
a documentary
an infomercial
The Tappy Tibbons segment is an infomercial. It plays for an extended time and sells a product.
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Aside from heroin, in what organic drug of choice do Harry and Tyrone indulge?
ecstasy
magic mushrooms
LSD
marijuana
Harry and Ty roll up marijuana joints and smoke it from time to time. But nothing beats synthetic for them.
Harry has a pretty girlfriend named Marion Silver who sometimes does drugs with him. Which "Hulk" actress portrayed her?
Jennifer Connelly
Jennifer Connelly played Marion Silver. She's supposed to be from a rich family, but she's detached from them.
Scarlett Johansson
Charlize Theron
Christina Ricci
Aside from seeing Harry, Marion also sees this kind of doctor from time to time. What doctor is this?
a chemical engineer
a psychiatrist
Marion is supposed to visit a psychiatrist more often. But she tends to skip the sessions.
an ob-gyne
a dentist
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To perk her up every morning, widow Sara Goldfarb drinks this beverage of choice, which is also addicting in a way.
coffee
Sara's other addiction is coffee. She can't live without it.
tea
milk
water
Sara Goldfarb also has a sweet tooth ​and is seen opening a box of these whenever she’s in front of the TV.
crackerjack
fig newton
chocolates
Sara is also addicted to chocolates. She opens a box whenever she watches TV.
rice cakes
Sara Goldfarb receives a call one day, to her delight. What did the caller promise to her, making her change her daily routine?
that she won a million dollars
that she will appear on television
TV junkie Sara sure got excited when she received a call, saying she had the chance to appear on television. She just had to wait for the instructions to be sent to her via mail.
that she won a trip for 2 to Hawaii
that she won the lottery
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When Sara Goldfarb was preparing for her possible TV appearance, she took out an old dress that she hoped to wear on TV. What color is this dress?
white
black
red
Sara wants to relive her old days by wearing her old red dress again. She wore it when Harry graduated from high school.
green
When Sara Goldfarb couldn’t fit into her old red dress, she went to see a doctor who prescribed her some medication. What was in her prescription?
valium
viagra
diet pills
Sara got diet pills from a doctor. They were supposed to help her slim down.
flanax
The Tappy Tibbons infomercial urges people to undergo a lifestyle change that follows three rules. For rule number one, what does Tappy discourage people from eating?
chocolate
rice
carbs
red meat
Tappy's rule number one includes not eating red meat. Good luck to carnivore Sara!
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Being a coffee and chocolate lover, Sara Goldfarb finds Tappy Tibbons’ second rule hard to follow. What does the second rule discourage people from eating?
salt
water
refined sugar
Tappy's rule number two to a healthier and happier life is: no refined sugar. Now that's a tough one!
carbs
Aside from tinkering with their DJ tables and drugs, Harry and Tyrone planned to earn money from their habit. What did they do all summer to earn cash?
became hustlers
worked in a jazz club
re-sold drugs
Harry thought of buying drugs then cutting them up to sell them in smaller packets. Ty was the one who knew where to get some, for capital.
hosted parties
When strapped for cash to buy his drugs, Harry used to do this to his mother Sara’s precious TV set.
pawn for money
Harry used to haul his mother's TV set to pawn it. But his mother always bought it back.
destroy it
borrow it
rent it out
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Feeling guilty about what he previously did to his mother’s old TV set, what did Harry do to make amends?
bought her a house
took her to Hawaii
bought her a new TV set
Harry bought his mom a brand new TV set. It was his way of apologizing for all the times he pawned her original set.
killed himself
From which famous department store did Harry buy his mother’s new TV set?
Target
Macy’s
Harry bought his mom's new TV set from Macy's. Its flagship store is in New York.
Automatic Center
Remington's
Sara Goldfarb kind of overdid the diet pill dosage, to Harry’s horror. What side effect did Harry see -- or hear -- in his mom to detect this?
toe sucking
feet tapping
grinding teeth
Harry noticed his mom was grinding her teeth excessively. He realized immediately that her diet pills were amphetamines that could become harmfully addicting later on.
falling hair
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Sara had a set of elderly female friends who were always seen congregating on which part of their apartment?
sidewalk
Sara's female friends were always seated by the sidewalk, where they sunbathed or gossiped. They also watched the neighborhood.
basement
rooftop
cellar
Since Sara went on a diet to fit into her old red dress, which household appliance always “taunts and haunts†her?
the coffee maker
the oven toaster
the refrigerator
Sara's drug-induced hallucinations included having the refrigerator come to life to taunt her. Aronofsky had a puppeteer move the fridge behind the scenes.
the microwave
True to the season’s name, the characters all suffered a downward spiral when summer was over. In which season did they experience their bad luck?
winter
spring
summer
fall
The characters suffered stroke after stroke of bad luck during the fall. Aronofsky divided the film into segments that identified the seasons clearly.
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When their Brooklyn drug supplies dried up, where did Harry and Tyrone drive to pick up more?
Florida
Harry and Ty thought of getting their drug supplies from the wholesaler. So they drove to Florida from where the shipment came.
Virginia
Harlem
California
The heroin shots Harry took affected and infected this particular part of his body. Which part was it?
his tongue
his neck
his foot
his arm
Harry's arm got infected after to a vein got clogged and reacted badly to the heroin. But Harry continued to insist on shooting up there.
Harry and Tyrone never reached Florida. What happened to Tyrone?
he was killed
he was mugged
he was jailed
When Ty brought Harry to the hospital to have his friend's infected heroin arm checked, they were tipped to the police. That ended up with Ty being arrested for drug use. He was jailed while Harry remained in the hospital.
he met a woman
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Harry’s seriously infected arm landed him in the hospital. What did they do to cure him?
electrocuted him
drugged him more
amputated his arm
Harry's arm was amputated as a result of his infection. That was the only way to save him.
lobotomized him
Who did Marion have sex with to get money for their drug-buying scheme?
her landlord
her father
her psychiatrist
Marion knew she could get money from her psychiatrist if she had sex with him.
her banker
Who did Marion end up having sex with to get more heroin supplies, not just money?
another psychiatrist
another junkie
a high-class pimp
Marion got in touch with Little John, a pimp who had sex with her in exchange for some heroin supplies. Later, he invited her to attend a yuppie sex party to get more supplies in exchange for performing sexual acts.
a casino high roller
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What happened to Sara toward the end, when the doctors were trying to cure her of her diet pill addiction?
had a heart attack
she died
given shock treatment
Sara was force-fed first while being treated for her diet pill addiction. As a last resort, the doctors made her sign a waiver so she could have shock treatment, to hopefully electrocute the addiction away.
she disappeared
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