View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the quiet man who approached Hitchcock during the filming of "Notorious"?
(a) A retired screenwriter.
(b) His former boss at Famous Players-Lasky.
(c) The producer's cousin.
(d) His uncle.

2. What was the plot of "Woman to Woman" about?
(a) The story of a woman who teaches young ladies at an etiquette school.
(b) A group of Wren officers vying for the attention of one man.
(c) A British officer who has an affair with a French dancer.
(d) A woman's journey to find her long lost mother.

3. Over what span of time did the interview between Truffaut and Hitchcock take place?
(a) Sixteen days.
(b) Twenty-four hour period.
(c) A month.
(d) Fifty hour period.

4. What did Hitchcock say was the reason the police were portrayed as inept in some of his films?
(a) Bad casting.
(b) They were based on real policemen he knew.
(c) For humor.
(d) For the sake of creating a good story.

5. According to Hitchcock, Jesuits would do anything to avoid what?
(a) Sin.
(b) Evil.
(c) God's wrath.
(d) Hell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which studio bought the rights and reissued "Rope"?

2. To which position was Hitchcock eventually promoted at Paramount's English studio?

3. What did Truffaut say that many people assume suspense must be related to?

4. What was the screenplay of Hitchcock's first official film based on?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 284 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample