"I beg of you, M’sieur, watch yourself. Be on guard.
This place is full of vultures, vultures, everywhere, everywhere."
~the pickpocket
The American Film Institute’s list of the 100 most famous lines in film history includes seven lines from
Casablanca, far more than any other film. The Epstein Brothers provided most of the humor and sarcasm, Howard Koch shaped the political slant, Casey Robinson the romance, and others like Hal Wallis and even Humphrey Bogart made contributions.
Questions:
- 1. After he first meets Victor Laszlo, what does Rick congratulate him for?
- 2. What crime does Renault charge Laszlo with when he arrests him?
- 3. What does Rick say in response to Laszlo being arrested by the gendarmes?
- 4. Renault's explanation for why Rick has seemingly betrayed Laszlo is that ______has triumphed over _______.
- 5. What does Lazslo say will happen to the world if we stop fighting our enemies?
- 6. What secret did Victor and Ilsa keep, even from their closest friends?
- 7. What is it that Laszlo seems to know all about, as it pertains to Rick, according to Rick?
- 8. When Rick asks Ilsa to shoot him, he says she will be doing him a ____________.
- 9. What is Rick referring to when he tells Laszlo, "What of it?" Then it will be out of its misery?"
- 10. In the opening scene, what does the narrator repeat a number of times that people do in Casablanca?
- 11. As he is talking to Laszlo, what expensive hobby does Rick say he had in the past, but will no longer have?
- 12. When Renault chides Rick for interfering in his little romances, Rick tells him to put it down as a gesture to what sentiment?
- 13. When Ilsa offers Rick a franc for his thoughts, he says in America they would only bring how much money?
- 14. When she comes to ask him for advice regarding Renault, what is the final advice that Rick gives to Annina (Bulgarian girl)?
- 15. As the Germans approach Paris, what does Rick call the German blacklist that he is on?
- 16. What two details did Rick remember regarding the Germans marching into Paris, that he & mentions over drinks with Victor and Ilsa the first night in Casablanca?
- 17. Rick tells Strasser that his interest in whether Laszlo goes or stays in Casablanca is purely a ______________.
- 18. Complete this line: "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world ______________."
- 19. According to Renault, what gross understatement has he been informed about regarding Ilsa and Lund?
- 20. Which animal does Rick compare the Germans to, when he indicates he understands their point of view?
- 21. According to Renault, what is it about Rick that makes him a citizen of the world?
- 22. Because Renault romances almost all women, Rick says that when it comes to women Renault is a true______________.
- 23. The romantic in Renault likes to think that the reason Rick came to Casablanca is because he _______________.
- 24. What is it that Renault tells Strasser he cannot regulate, even though he is trying to cooperate with the German government?
- 25. What lucky break did the two German couriers get by their deaths, according to Rick?
- 26. Rick says that the guy standing on the station platform in Paris had what type of look on his face, because his "insides had been kicked out?"
- 27. How does Rick toast Ilsa when she says "no questions," in response to his four questions about her past?
- 28. What does Rick say he did in his apartment in Paris so that the Germans would know where to find him?
- 29. When Rick says, "maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life" what is he referring to?
- 30. What is Rick's reply to Annina's question, "If someone loved you very much, so that your happiness was the only thing that she wanted in the whole world, but she did a bad thing to make certain of it, could you forgive her?"