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Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History
Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History
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1
“He photographed the nation as he wished it to be, not as it was.”
False
True
2
What was the aim of this expedition?
Scientific exploration
To cross the Antarctic continent, from coast to coast.
Fame and glory.
To see if their ship could make it.
3
"Hurley travelled the world. __________ Helped invent the documentary film." Fill in the blank.
Created composite photographs.
Visited famous places.
Pioneered the use of colour.
Encountered unchartered localities.
4
Who is the writer and director of this text?
Simon Nasht
Simon Nash
Frank Hurley
ABC
5
Which of these great events of the 20th century was Hurley NOT a part of?
WWI
WWII
Korean War
Shackleton Antarctic Expedition
6
Where was Hurley originally based?
Flanders
Libya
Palestine
Paris
7
What was the marketing claim that made Hurley more renowned and led to success in America?
The Jungle Woman
The Lost Boys
The Last Tribe of Israel
The Lost Tribe
8
What title was given to Hurley while he was in the army?
Colonel
Captain
Private
Corporal
9
Which mythological character/s did the Mawson expeditioners feel like on their journey?
Odysseus
Zeus
Argonauts
Hercules
10
Hurley unintentionally left a record of the lost culture of the Papuans. What did this involve?
Church services and picnics.
Gardening and head hunting.
Ceremonies of ancestral worship and spirit life.
Cannibalism
11
Who was his archive of photographs sold to?
The National Archives
The Australian War Memorial
The National Library
The Australian Museum
12
To refer to mythological characters is known as what literary device?
Intertextuality
Classical Allusion
Juxtaposition
Allusion
13
Critics acclaimed Hurley’s Papuan films.
False
True
14
What did Hurley liken passing the Menin Gate to?
A walk in the clouds
Being in hell
Passing through the Valley of Death
Walking into heaven
15
What objects did Hurley and McCulloch obtain?
Human bones.
Human heads
Ritual garments
Ritual jars
16
Which classic story did Hurley's photography and film retell?
David and Goliath
The Hero's Journey
The Odyssey
Treasure Island
17
When the choice was given between throwing over the negatives or surplus food, what was thrown?
Food
Negatives
18
After the third visit to Antarctica, Hurley returned to work for whom?
The ABC
Cinema Scope
Cinesound Studios
He continued to work for himself.
19
What things were omitted from Hurley’s photographs of Australia?
The poor, Indigenous Australians and struggling farmers.
Non-native animals
Poor people and migrants
Architecture e.g. Harbour Bridge
20
If Hurley could live his life over again, would he do it exactly the same?
Yes
No
21
How old was Hurley when he died?
77
75
76
78
22
When was "Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History" released?
2005
2004
2010
2015
23
Why was Antoinette’s life so hard?
She was often seasick when she travelled with Frank.
Frank travelled and she raised the children mostly alone.
She wanted to stay in Cairo.
She didn’t have a holiday in 42 years.
24
How was Hurley different from the other men on the expedition?
He was the one wearing a blue beanie.
He had been to Antarctica three times.
He was from a working class background.
He was a volunteer.
25
Hurley was reassigned from the Western Front to which location?
Palestine
Libya
He stayed at the Western Front.
The Pacific
26
Which island were the Shackleton expeditioners in search of?
Kangaroo
Macquarie Island
Elephant Island
Tasmania
27
Which of the following was a film of Hurley’s?
Papuan Savages (1925)
Pearls and Savages (1926)
Pearls and Papuans (1926)
Papuan Pirates (1925)
28
Which film was said to have “a look of grandeur, of nobility, of immense national sentiment”?
Waltzing Matilda (1935)
Australian Story (1936)
They Came From Britain (1937)
The Squatter's Daughter (1933)
29
What was the phrase Hurley had inscribed on the wall of his darkroom?
"You don't take a photograph. You make it."
"Life is an endless process of self-discovery."
"Achieve your dreams."
“Near enough is not good enough.”
30
40 000 Horsemen (1940) had sections filmed in which location?
Beersheba
Cairo
A beach in Sydney
Palestine
31
What did Hurley say was a difficulty with creating images of war from a single negative?
People kept dying in awkward positions.
It all happens too quickly.
It is too difficult to know what to film.
Everything is on a vast scale and dense with haze and smoke.
32
What was the name of Hurley's wife?
Toni Bouffier
Margaret Agnes Bouffier
Antoinette Leighton
Adelie Leighton
33
The narrator has which voice?
Female
Male
34
How does Affleck view Hurley’s photography?
Artistic expression
Interesting but not real.
Historical documentation
Reality
35
Hurley created an illusion of harmony in which region of the world?
Australia
Europe
The Holy Land
North Africa
36
How many years was Hurley away during WWII and afterwards?
Five
Seven
Four
Six
37
When did Hurley leave on Shackleton’s trans-Antarctic expedition?
1911
1916
1914
1913
38
Hurley filmed the cavalry charge of the Australian Light Horse at Beersheba. This was filmed:
As a re-enactment.
Live
39
"Today, the experts are divided over Hurley." What are the opinions?
His work is art and not history.
Everything was fake.
He was a great photographer but neglected his family.
A giant of photography or a conjurer with a camera.
40
Why does Nasht use a split screen of the Aurora and modern expedition?
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
He had a big budget and wanted to visit Antarctica.
He wanted to pretend he was Hurley.
To emphasise the rediscovery of Hurley's journey.
41
From 1948 until his death, what was Hurley’s main employment?
Stay at home dad.
Pictorial photographer.
Magazine Publisher.
Film director.
42
Where did Hurley work before the Antarctic expedition?
War photographer
Steel mill in Lithgow
Shop assistant in inner Sydney
He went straight from Glebe High School
43
Where and when did Hurley venture to promote himself as a fearless photographer?
Torres Strait in 1919
Papua in 1930
Torres Strait in 1920
Papua in 1929
44
The photograph of Shackleton was taken:
As he was leaving to seek help.
As he returned.
45
Who is Alf Howard and what is his relevance to this documentary?
He was accompanying the twins to Antarctica.
Last surviving man to travel with Hurley to the Antarctic.
Hurley's best friend.
He is Hurley's biographer.
46
What was one of the situations that nearly killed Hurley?
Chemical explosion in his darkroom.
Taking the final photographs of 'The Endurance'.
Encountering the seals at Macquarie Island.
Being left with half a day's rations on a sledge journey.
47
Hurley’s composite photographs were exhibited in Australia.
True
False
48
How many years did Hurley spend in the tropics?
Five
Seven
Four
Six
49
How many glass plates did Hurley have to abandon?
400
300
100
200
50
Hurley’s composite photographs were exhibited in London.
False
True
51
Who was the Australian War historian who demanded Hurley stop making his “fakes”?
Charles Bean
Colin Bean
Dr. Martin Jolly
Dr. Martin Jelly
52
Hurley experimented with colour. This was the _______ time this had been done during war.
Third
Second
Fourth
First
53
When WWII began, after three attempts to rejoin, where was Hurley sent?
The Western Front
North Africa (Libya)
Palestine
North Africa (Egypt)
54
What was the name of Shackleton’s ship?
The Endurance
The Endeavour
Ernest's Pride and Joy
The Aurora
55
The weather conditions caused significant difficulties for the expeditioners.
True
False
56
What was the aim of Mawson's expedition?
To travel from one side of Antarctica to the other.
To explore thousands of miles of uncharted territory.
Fame and glory.
To escape their wives.
57
Why was Alan McCulloch joining Hurley on his research expedition?
He had a map.
He was able to speak the language.
He was a zoologist.
They were best friends.
58
How long was the courtship of Frank and Antoinette?
10 days
42 years
9 days
11 days
59
Where did Hurley think he could "live for the rest of his life" ?
Macquarie Island
Antarctica
Tasmania
Elephant Island
60
When was Hurley born?
1896
1895
1886
1885
61
What was Hurley left to use?
Three cameras and three spools of film
A single small camera and a pocketful of film
He had no film left and his camera was broken
One camera and one spool of film
62
How does Dr. Martin Jolly describe Hurley’s photography?
It sat between photography, cinema, and history painting.
History
Photography
Art
63
How many children did Frank and Antoinette have?
2 (twin girls)
3 (3 girls)
5 (3 girls, 2 boys)
4 (3 girls, 1 boy)
64
Which song is played on the gramophone
?
The Hokey Pokey
God Save the Queen
Advance Australia Fair
God Save the King
65
When Shackleton left Elephant Island in search of help, what happened to the castaways?
Many of them had their legs amputated.
They went crazy.
They survived.
They all died.
66
How did the Hurley twins describe their father?
"He spent as much time as he could with his children."
"He was absent most of the time."
“He was a rather fascinating stranger that visited.”
"He was the best father a girl could ask for."
67
How old was Hurley when he joined Mawson's Antarctic Expedition?
26
30
34
22
68
What price is the Hurley photograph auctioned at?
£85 000
£100 000
£90 000
£80 000
69
What was Frank Hurley's full name?
Frank Hurley
Frank James Hurley
Francis James Hurley
James Francis Hurley
70
What sort of effects did Hurley use to add impact and emotion?
The sky
Clouds
Special
Snow
