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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Hitchcock born?
(a) New York.
(b) Paris.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) London.

3. Who offered Hitchcock his new position after the British took over the Paramount Famous Players-Lasky studio?
(a) Matthew Barrington.
(b) Michael Balcon.
(c) Martin Benson.
(d) Murray Bruce.

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

5. What is the Shuftan Process?
(a) A technique using mirrors to reflect a picture in front of the camera.
(b) A technique that creates short spurts of light resembling lightning.
(c) A technique in which the actors may appear to have doubled.
(d) A technique that makes objects appear farther than they are from the camera.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of animal caused trouble for Hitchcock and his crew while filming "Number Seventeen"?

2. Which of the following is NOT named as an actor Hitchcock favored?

3. How did Hitchcock describe his father?

4. Who did Hitchcock meet that influenced his interest in writing scripts?

5. What caused the theater audience to applaud at the premiere of "The Ring"?

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