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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Hitchcock feel about his film, "The Secret Agent"?
(a) It was his favorite of his films.
(b) Not particularly fond.
(c) That the book was better than the film.
(d) Regretful that he chose to make it.

2. When Hitchcock began to pay more attention to scenarios than the plausibility of the plot, what was he able to focus on?
(a) The audience's reaction.
(b) The visuals of the scenarios.
(c) Creating scenes with impact and value.
(d) The secondary elements of filmmaking.

3. While traveling in Germany, what was Hitchcock's crew instructed to smuggle onto a train?
(a) A coffin.
(b) A grenade.
(c) A monkey.
(d) A camera.

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

5. What was confiscated at a border crossing when Hitchcock was directing his first film?
(a) Gun powder.
(b) A fake gun.
(c) Fireworks.
(d) 10,000 feet of unexposed film.

Short Answer Questions

1. For Hitchcock, what was different about working on his first American film as compared to his British films?

2. In what year did production wrap on "The Prude's Fall"?

3. What did Hitchcock say does not make or break a movie?

4. What did Hitchcock say is essential to a film for the benefit of the audience?

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

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