Q 01/05

Which Impressionist painter was the director's father?

A) Pierre-Auguste Renoir

B) Édouard Manet

C) Claude Monet

D) Paul Cézanne

Answer · why

A) Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Jean and his brothers posed for many of their father's canvases, and he later sold inherited paintings to fund his silent films.

Q 02/05

In which Paris district was Jean Renoir born in 1894?

A) Le Marais

B) Belleville

C) Montparnasse

D) Montmartre

Answer · why

D) Montmartre

His nanny Gabrielle took him to the Guignol puppet shows there, an influence he credited for teaching him to detest cliché.

Q 03/05

Which two Renoir films are most often cited as among the greatest films ever made?

A) La Grande Illusion and The Rules of the Game

B) Boudu Saved from Drowning and Toni

C) The River and French Cancan

D) La Chienne, Nana and Madame Bovary

Answer · why

A) La Grande Illusion and The Rules of the Game

He was ranked fourth greatest director in the BFI's 2002 Sight & Sound poll.

Q 04/05

Who raised the young Renoir and introduced him to puppet shows and early cinema?

A) Berthe Morisot, a family friend

B) Aline Charigot, his mother

C) Gabrielle Renard, his nanny

D) Julie Manet, a cousin

Answer · why

C) Gabrielle Renard, his nanny

He ended his 1974 memoir with the words he had often spoken as a child: 'Wait for me, Gabrielle.'

Q 05/05

What role did Renoir take on in World War I after being wounded in the leg?

A) Naval gunner

B) Ambulance driver

C) War artist

D) Reconnaissance pilot

Answer · why

D) Reconnaissance pilot

Recuperating with his leg raised, he watched Chaplin and Griffith films and fell for the cinema; the injury left him a permanent limp.