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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the focus of "Spellbound"?
(a) Genetic mutation.
(b) Hypnotism.
(c) Brainwashing.
(d) Psychoanalysis.

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

3. How many of Hitchcock's films failed before he had a comeback with "Strangers on a Train"?
(a) Zero.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

4. What incident was the ending of "The Man Who Knew Too Much" based on?
(a) The Easter Rising.
(b) The Sidney Street Siege.
(c) The sinking of the Titanic.
(d) The Senghenydd Colliery Disaster.

5. What did Hitchcock say does not make or break a movie?
(a) The critics' opinions.
(b) The cast.
(c) The ending.
(d) The box office returns.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Hitchcock film "Spellbound"?

2. Where did Hitchcock film "Spellbound"?

3. Who was the quiet man who approached Hitchcock during the filming of "Notorious"?

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

5. Along with "Shadow of a Doubt", what other film did Truffaut name as having inept police characters in the story?

(see the answer key)

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