Q 01/05

At Benjamin's graduation party in The Graduate, what does Mrs. Robinson persuade him to do?

A) Dance with her

B) Call her a taxi

C) Drive her home

D) Fetch her coat

Answer · why

C) Drive her home

Drive her home is her request, and once there Mrs. Robinson reveals that she is an alcoholic and tries to seduce him.

Q 02/05

In The Graduate's famous seduction shot, which part of Mrs. Robinson frames Benjamin?

A) Her arm

B) Her leg

C) Her hand

D) Her hair

Answer · why

B) Her leg

Her leg frames him in the shot, which Kingpin later parodied by framing Woody Harrelson through his landlady's leg.

Q 03/05

Which actress plays Mrs. Robinson?

A) Ava Gardner

B) Susan Hayward

C) Anne Bancroft

D) Patricia Neal

Answer · why

C) Anne Bancroft

Anne Bancroft later complained that Mrs. Robinson overshadowed the rest of her work, even her Oscar-winning role in The Miracle Worker.

Q 04/05

Who plays Elaine Robinson?

A) Katharine Ross

B) Mia Farrow

C) Candice Bergen

D) Faye Dunaway

Answer · why

A) Katharine Ross

Katharine Ross got the part on the recommendation of Simone Signoret, her co-star in the thriller Games.

Q 05/05

The Graduate was the first novel by which young author?

A) J. D. Salinger

B) Charles Webb

C) Philip Roth

D) John Updike

Answer · why

B) Charles Webb

Charles Webb turned down his wealthy father's inheritance and gave away most of what he owned, living in campgrounds and trailer parks.