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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did production wrap on "The Prude's Fall"?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1923.

2. Hitchcock revealed that caption cards often didn't match a movie's dialogue due to which circumstance?
(a) The original dialogue was often too racy for film.
(b) The original dialogue was bad.
(c) The original dialogue was often too long.
(d) The original dialogue was not translatable.

3. While traveling in Germany, what was Hitchcock's crew instructed to smuggle onto a train?
(a) A coffin.
(b) A grenade.
(c) A monkey.
(d) A camera.

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

5. Who had contracted Hitchcock to make a film in America?
(a) Irving Thalberg.
(b) Louis Mayer.
(c) Sam Spiegel.
(d) David O. Selznik.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hitchcock made his directorial debut, what was the film based on?

2. How was Hitchcock's first American film received in Britain?

3. In what establishment was the Shuftan Process used in order to film?

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

5. How did Hitchcock shoot "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"?

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