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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the script of "The Man Who Knew Too Much" have to avoid showing?
(a) Deadly violence.
(b) Foreign products.
(c) Policemen with firearms.
(d) Too much flesh.

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

4. Which studio bought the rights and reissued "Rope"?
(a) Paramount.
(b) MGM.
(c) Warner Brothers.
(d) RKO.

5. Who starred in "Rear Window"?
(a) Peter Lorre.
(b) James Stewart.
(c) Anthony Perkins.
(d) Cary Grant.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hitchcock, what do Jesuits have a deep sense of?

2. Who wrote the screenplay for "Notorious"?

3. What did Hitchcock say must be done about the MacGuffin so that the story was not ruined?

4. What did Hitchcock talk about in regards to his film, "The Ring"?

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

(see the answer key)

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