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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Hitchcock, how were films typically shot?
(a) Sequentially, scene by scene.
(b) With a static camera.
(c) With a team of directors.
(d) Only in indoor studios.

2. To which position was Hitchcock eventually promoted at Paramount's English studio?
(a) Head of the costume department.
(b) Head of the editing department.
(c) Head of the casting department.
(d) Head of the title department.

3. What did Truffaut say that many people assume suspense must be related to?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Murder.
(c) Fear.
(d) Intimidation.

4. What caused the theater audience to applaud at the premiere of "The Ring"?
(a) The film's montage.
(b) The exciting plot.
(c) The handsome leading man.
(d) The beautiful score.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was a portion of Hitchcock's directorial debut filmed?

2. Hitchcock revealed that caption cards often didn't match a movie's dialogue due to which circumstance?

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

4. What was the title of Hitchcock's first official film?

5. How did Hitchcock feel about his film, "The Secret Agent"?

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