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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 did Hitchcock say, as a child, when asked what he wanted to be when he grew up?
(a) An engineer.
(b) An actor.
(c) A writer.
(d) A veterinarian.

2. What was different about Hitchcock's first film in America?
(a) It lacked his signature style.
(b) It included an animation sequence.
(c) It was filmed in color.
(d) It was a slapstick comedy.

3. What did Truffaut suggest the portrayal of police in Hitchcock's films, such as"Shadow of a Doubt" was influenced by?
(a) Bad writing.
(b) Hitchcock's issues with authority figures.
(c) The anti-establishment sentiment of the 1940s.
(d) Hitchcock's fear of the police.

4. In what year did Hitchcock first travel to America?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1934.

5. How did Hitchcock describe his father?
(a) As a cruel man.
(b) As a patient man.
(c) As a nervous man.
(d) As an intelligent man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Shuftan Process?

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

3. What topic in regards to Hitchcock's life had not really been written about before this book?

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

5. What is Hitchcock known as?

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