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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What sort of plot would the term 'MacGuffin" most likely refer to?
(a) One which involves uncovering a secret.
(b) A romantic comedy.
(c) An outdoor adventure.
(d) One which revolves around family drama.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hitchcock known as?

2. What did cameramen use in order to hide a leading lady's aging?

3. What did Hitchcock say, as a child, when asked what he wanted to be when he grew up?

4. How old was Hitchcock when he wrote the adapted script for "Woman to Woman"?

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

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