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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 were leading ladies required to do for the cameramen's age-hiding technique to work?
(a) Stay perfectly still.
(b) Hold a reflecting mirror.
(c) Keep their heads tilted upward.
(d) Move their heads back and forth.

2. What word did Truffaut use to describe using children in films in a suspenseful way?
(a) As 'ticklish'.
(b) As 'tricky'.
(c) As 'twisted'.
(d) As 'troubling'.

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

4. Where was a portion of Hitchcock's directorial debut filmed?
(a) Genoa.
(b) Texas.
(c) Buenos Aires.
(d) Istanbul.

5. According to Hitchcock, what do Jesuits have a deep sense of?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) Brotherhood.
(c) Moral fear.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Hitchcock, what prevents a film audience from feeling emotions?

3. What is Hitchcock known as?

4. What did Hitchcock believe was his first step into the world of film?

5. Who was Hitchcock's assistant after he became a director?

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