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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hitchcock say was the reason the police were portrayed as inept in some of his films?
(a) For the sake of creating a good story.
(b) Bad casting.
(c) For humor.
(d) They were based on real policemen he knew.

2. What did Hitchcock say was lost on screen in "Marnie"?
(a) The actors' subtle portrayals.
(b) The film's fetishist angle.
(c) The purpose of the MacGuffin.
(d) The film's humor.

3. What did Truffaut note that Hitchcock's films never started out as?
(a) Mysterious.
(b) Humorous.
(c) Violent.
(d) Scary.

4. What was one of Truffaut's favorite aspects of "Rear Window"?
(a) The use of close shots.
(b) The darkness of the scenes.
(c) The moody music.
(d) The subtle humor.

5. In what year did Hitchcock film "Spellbound"?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1947.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hitchcock, what do Jesuits have a deep sense of?

2. What was the hope of the authors of the novel "Vertigo" based on as they wrote it?

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

4. What happens at the end of "The Secret Agent"?

5. When Hitchcock began to pay more attention to scenarios than the plausibility of the plot, what was he able to focus on?

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