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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hitchcock say, as a child, when asked what he wanted to be when he grew up?
(a) An actor.
(b) A writer.
(c) A veterinarian.
(d) An engineer.

2. Which Academy Award was given to Hitchcock's first American film?
(a) Best Film Editing.
(b) Best Original Story.
(c) Best Director.
(d) Picture of the Year.

3. In what year did Hitchcock first travel to America?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1939.

4. In "The Birds", who happened to be on the scene when a group of women began to discuss the birds?
(a) A nematologist.
(b) An apiologist.
(c) An ornithologist.
(d) A paleozoologist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hitchcock realize about his use of the young boy in his film, "The Woman Alone"?

2. What did Hitchcock explain a MacGuffin is in a short story?

3. Which famous figure inspired a scene in "The Man Who Knew Too Much"?

4. How did Hitchcock describe his father?

5. Why did Hitchcock say he agreed to make "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"?

(see the answer key)

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