Q 01/05

What nationality is Margaret Tate, which puts her at risk of deportation?

A) Canadian

B) British

C) Australian

D) Irish

Answer · why

A) Canadian

Canadian by birth, Margaret faces being sent home over a visa violation, so she strong-arms her assistant into a green-card marriage.

Q 02/05

In The Proposal, what is Margaret Tate's job?

A) Fashion magazine features editor

B) Editor-in-chief at a book publisher

C) Corporate litigation lawyer

D) Advertising agency executive

Answer · why

B) Editor-in-chief at a book publisher

Editor-in-chief at a book publisher, Margaret is so disliked that her bosses plan to hand the job to Bob Spaulding, the editor she has just fired, if ...

Q 03/05

Who directed The Proposal?

A) Nora Ephron

B) Nancy Meyers

C) Anne Fletcher

D) Garry Marshall

Answer · why

C) Anne Fletcher

Anne Fletcher signed on in January 2008, the very week her 27 Dresses opened, by which time both stars were already attached.

Q 04/05

In The Proposal, what does Andrew demand in return for agreeing to marry Margaret?

A) A promotion to editor

B) Half of her salary

C) Her Manhattan apartment

D) A year of paid leave

Answer · why

A) A promotion to editor

A promotion to editor is his price: once he grasps how badly she needs him, the long-suffering assistant turns the blackmail around on his boss.

Q 05/05

What does Andrew make Margaret do outside the immigration office before he accepts her deal?

A) Apologise to the whole office

B) Kneel and ask him nicely

C) Promise him her corner office

D) Phone his parents herself

Answer · why

B) Kneel and ask him nicely

Kneel and ask him nicely: the boss who barks orders all day has to get down on one knee in the street, and he still makes her say it again like she me...