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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What incident was the ending of "The Man Who Knew Too Much" based on?
(a) The Easter Rising.
(b) The Senghenydd Colliery Disaster.
(c) The sinking of the Titanic.
(d) The Sidney Street Siege.

2. What is said to be one of the most notable innovations of Hitchcock's films?
(a) Camera angles.
(b) Use of color.
(c) Lighting.
(d) Sound effects.

3. Which studio bought the rights and reissued "Rope"?
(a) Warner Brothers.
(b) RKO.
(c) MGM.
(d) Paramount.

4. What did Hitchcock consider "Rear Window" to evoke the purest expression of?
(a) Character-driven story.
(b) The film noir genre.
(c) Film as high art.
(d) A cinematic idea.

5. What did Hitchcock explain a MacGuffin is in a short story?
(a) A trap to catch lions in Scotland.
(b) A mysterious unmarked door.
(c) A staircase to nowhere.
(d) A file folder marked 'Confidential'.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of plot would the term 'MacGuffin" most likely refer to?

2. What were leading ladies required to do for the cameramen's age-hiding technique to work?

3. In what year was "Notorious" made?

4. How old was Hitchcock when he wrote the adapted script for "Woman to Woman"?

5. Where was a portion of Hitchcock's directorial debut filmed?

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