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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the theater audience to applaud at the premiere of "The Ring"?

2. In what year did Hitchcock first travel to America?

3. Which company did Hitchcock work for after leaving school?

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

5. Who starred in Hitchcock's "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Hitchcock's tenure at the Henley Telegraph Company.

2. What incident did Hitchcock recall as a young child, which inspired his life-long fear of police?

3. What did Hitchcock explain would happen if a film's plot was too complex?

4. Describe the troubles Hitchcock had while filming his directorial debut.

5. In a short story, how did Hitchcock himself explain the term "MacGuffin"?

6. What did Hitchcock try to do on the set of "Number Seventeen" which ended in disaster?

7. What was the advantage to Hitchcock focusing more on scenario than plausibility in his films?

8. What did Hitchcock do when he learned Paramount Famous Players-Lasky was planning to open a film studio in London?

9. What was the plot of the first script Hitchcock wrote for Michael Balcon?

10. Why did Hitchcock insist that his cameos in his films appear in the first five minutes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the struggles which Hitchcock faced throughout his career. How did these struggles affect his films? How did he overcome them? What caused them?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the interviewer, François Truffaut. Was he qualified to do this interview? What was his background? What opinions did he assert about Hitchcock's films and film making in general?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Hitchcock's childhood. What similarities and differences can be seen between Hitchcock the child and Hitchcock the director? What major events did Hitchcock experience during his youth? Did Hitchcock have a passion for cinema as a child?

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