HITCHCOCK Test | Final Test - Medium

Helen G. Scott
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 126 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

HITCHCOCK Test | Final Test - Medium

Helen G. Scott
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 126 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Hitchcock's personal rules did he break during "The Birds"?
(a) Not to experiment technically while filming.
(b) To never improvise while filming.
(c) To not make more than one film in a single year.
(d) To avoid friendships with the film's actors.

2. Why did Truffaut consider "Rope" a milestone in Hitchcock's career?
(a) It was the first film Hitchcock produced.
(b) It was based on a story that Hitchcock wrote himself.
(c) It was Hitchcock's highest grossing film.
(d) It earned Hitchcock an Academy Award.

3. What did Hitchcock insist that all people have at least some tendency for?
(a) Selfishness.
(b) Voyeurism.
(c) Arrogance.
(d) Infidelity.

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

5. Who wrote the screenplay for "Notorious"?
(a) John Michael Hayes.
(b) Angus MacPhail.
(c) Anthony Shaffer.
(d) Ben Hecht.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hitchcock stated that the storyline for Norman was inspired by a man in which American state?

2. What made "Rope" expensive to produce?

3. What did the 'MacGuffin' for "Notorious" involve?

4. What was "The Wrong Man" based on?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was wrong with the last five reels of the film "Rope", which caused Hitchcock to re-shoot them?

2. Why did Hitchcock avoid politics in his films?

3. How was the opening scene of "Psycho" designed with the audience in mind?

4. Why did Hitchcock refuse to have his former boss at Famous Players-Lasky work for him on "Notorious"?

5. What did Hitchcock and writer Ben Hecht spend a lot of time choosing for the film "Notorious"?

6. Why was Hitchcock attracted to filming "Rear Window"?

7. What did Hitchcock's meeting with a farmer during the filming of "The Birds" inspire?

8. Why did Truffaut consider "Rope" a milestone in Hitchcock's career?

9. What popular story did Hitchcock refute about Peter Lorre?

10. Why did the investigators in Hitchcock's "Rear Window" search for the murder victim's head?

(see the answer keys)

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