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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who appeared in each of Hitchcock's films?
(a) Edith Head.
(b) James Stewart.
(c) Hitchcock himself.
(d) David O. Selznick.

3. What was originally to be the topic of Hitchcock's first American film?
(a) The Hindenburg Disaster.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) The story of a serial killer.
(d) The sinking of the Titanic.

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

5. What was the focus of "Spellbound"?
(a) Psychoanalysis.
(b) Hypnotism.
(c) Genetic mutation.
(d) Brainwashing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had contracted Hitchcock to make a film in America?

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

3. At the time Hitchcock was making his foray into film, what was the opinion of American films?

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

5. What were caption cards used for?

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