As you watch V, answer each of these questions.  The purpose of this exercise is to help you follow the story and to keep a reccord of events for your notes.

    Remember, when we read The Diary of Anne Frank, the code for opening their door was three shorts and a long, the allied code for V, which mean Victory, and which gave courage to the resistance who helped preserve freedom in their countries.  Think of that as you read the film's dedication.  You already have the names of the characters.  Now answer these questions:

1. What does the rebel leader do which Micke Donovan finds, "unbelievable?"
 

2. What finally saves Donovan from being killed by the helicopter?
 

3. Why does Julie Parrish's stockbroker husband want to join her at the hospital?
 

4. What does Daniel Bernstein think of what's going on with the visitors from space?
 

5. What probably caused the breakup of Donovan and Christine?
 

6. What help do the Vistors need from Earth?
 

7. What question comes to Julie's mind when her husband says, "Talk about an offer we can't refuse?"
 

8. Why did Mike and Christine win the reporter pool to visit the mother ship?
 

9. What does Donovan's mother, Eleanor, want for her husband, Arthur Dupree?
 

10. What are some of the problems which cause Daniel not to get along with his parents?
 

11. What observations did scientist Robert Maxwell make about the Visitors at the party?
 

12. What age group can join the Visitors' Friends?
 

13. Why does Willy speak poor English?
 

14. What job does Diana offer Christine?
 

15. What happened to Dr. Quentin Stein, the scientist who started a file on the Visitors?
 

16. Why does Donovan object to Christina's new job?
 

17. How does Willy save Caleb Taylor's life?
 

18. What are Daniel's problems, according to his grandfather, Abraham Bernstein?
 

19. What gift does Donovan bring for Sean, his son?
 

20. What did Ruth, Dr. Metz' assistant, discover?
 

21. What happened to Ruth?
 

22. What does Dr. Benjamin Taylor want his brother, Elias, to do?
 

23. Dr. Morris Jankowski made what announcement to the world?
 

24. What do all scientists have to do?  (You should compare this to the stars of David which all Jews were required to wear in The Diary of Anne Frank.
 

25. What suspicions does Abraham have when his wife,Ruby, says, "Nothing will happen to our family."
 

26. What does Julie think is the real reason their friends don't want them for dinner?
 

27. What has Tony discovered about the scientist testifying against his colleagues on television?
 

28. What does Daniel say in order to "break up" Robin Maxwell and her Visitor friend, Brian?
 

29. What does Steven have for a snack on board the spacecraft?
 

30. What prevents the network from broadcasting Donovan's video tape?
 

31. Why, according to Donovan, is the military cooperating so completely with the Visitors?
 

32. Why does Sancho have to quit taking care of the Maxwell's yard?
 

33. According to Julie, what's happening to the scientists all over the world?
 

34. Why does Stanley Bernstein have to be careful about what he says in his own home?
 

35. What have Julie and Ben decided to form?
 

36. Who does Julie have to contact?
 

37. What does Ben need from his brother, Elias?
 

38. Who decides to hide the Maxwells?  Why?
 

39. How did Stanley Bernstein's mother really die?
 

40. Why does Christine put the moves on Donovan?
 

41. What secret does Robin stupidly reveal to Daniel?
 

42. What happens to Julie when she tries to help Ben?
 

43. What does Abraham want the children to do?
 

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44. What has happened to Sean?
 

45. When Sean's friend, Josh, tells Donovan what happened, Donovan says, "I only have escaped to tell thee."  You should know that this is a famous line from Herman Melville's Moby Dick.  Ishmael, the survivor of the wrecked Pequod, is the narrator of the classic story of Captain Ahab and the search for the White Whale.
 

46. Why does Daniel think he can force Robin to marry him?
 

47. Why does Caleb knock Willy down?
 

48. When Daniel turned in the Maxwells, what agreement did he make to protect his family?
 

49. What experiences has Sancho had that qualifies him to smuggle out the Mexwells?
 

50. Why did one police officer decide to let the Maxwells escape?
 

51. Who betrayed Sancho to the Visitors?
 

52. What news does Brian tell Daniel about his grandfather?
 

53. How is Tony blinded?
 

54. What frustrations are bothering Julie when she quotes from Shakespeare's Henry V, saying "These are the times that try men's souls?"
 

55. What does Diana do to Stanley Bernstein?
 

56. Why is Martin helping Donovan?
 

57. Who does Elias and the Angels capture for Julie?
 

58. What things could stop the visitors?
 

59.  Why is Robert Maxwell forced to become an informer?
 

60. What is Diana's medical plan for Robin?  (Note--Diana's medical experiments can be compared to those of Dr. Mengeles and and other Nazi's in the concentration camps of the Holocaust.)
 

61. What poses an immediate danger for Donovan when he gets on the shuttle?
 

62. What does Harmony do which saves Willy's life?
 

63. What does Ruby do for the memory of Abraham?  (Note: the "Molotov Cocktail," a bottle of gasoline stuffed with a rag and ignited prior to throwing was invented by the Jewish resistance fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust.  Read The Wall by John Hersey for more complete information.)
 

64. What does Donovan find the the storage tanks on the mother ship?
 

65. What do the rebels use to defend themselves against the Visitors' guns?
 

66. Where does Robert Maxwell go in the middle of the battle?
 

67. What do the Visitors really want from Earth?
 

68. What happened to the people who disappeared?
 

69. What has Diana decided to do with Tony?
 

70. Sanchez says, "My grandfather fought with Zapata."  Juan Zapata was a famous Mexican revolutionary.
 

71. Why does Donovan tell Martin he doesn't want him to escape from the Visitors?
 

72. How does Sancho save Robin and Mike?
 

73. What does Donovan do when he decides they need some luck?
 

74. When Julie decides to put herself in harm's way and face Diana's shuttle craft alone, she is acting like what other revolutionary in the film?
 

75.  What price did Maxwell pay for informing on the resistance?
 

76. What is wrong with Robin Maxwell?
 

77. Why does Eleanor choose to remain on the side of the visitors?
 

78. What does Robert want the Bernstein family to do for the resistance?
 

79. What has Stanley learned from his father?
 
 
 

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