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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Hitchcock, how were films typically shot?
(a) With a team of directors.
(b) Sequentially, scene by scene.
(c) Only in indoor studios.
(d) With a static camera.

2. What happened to the little boy in Hitchcock's film, "The Woman Alone"?
(a) He killed another boy.
(b) He saved a lost camper.
(c) He ran away from home.
(d) He died.

3. How was Hitchcock's first American film received in Britain?
(a) Audiences resented his move to America.
(b) Audiences liked the film.
(c) It was not released in Britain.
(d) Audiences were confused by it.

4. In what year was "Notorious" made?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1944.

5. At the time Hitchcock was making his foray into film, what was the opinion of American films?
(a) They were superior to British films.
(b) They were inferior to British films.
(c) They were considered a highbrow art form.
(d) They were improving rapidly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hitchcock feel about his film, "The Secret Agent"?

2. Hitchcock revealed that caption cards often didn't match a movie's dialogue due to which circumstance?

3. What did Hitchcock have the investigators search for in "Rear Window"?

4. What is the Shuftan Process?

5. What did Hitchcock say of many elaborate elements in his films?

(see the answer key)

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