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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the screenplay of Hitchcock's first official film based on?
(a) A play called "Who is He?".
(b) A play called "A Cup of Coffee."
(c) A play called "Wuthering Flower."
(d) A play called "Escape."

2. What did Hitchcock explain a MacGuffin is in a short story?
(a) A mysterious unmarked door.
(b) A staircase to nowhere.
(c) A file folder marked 'Confidential'.
(d) A trap to catch lions in Scotland.

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

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

5. Who wrote the novel on which Hitchcock's film "Thirty-Nine Steps" was based?
(a) Joseph Conrad.
(b) John le Carré.
(c) Erskine Childers.
(d) John Buchan.

6. Before Hitchcock, how were films typically shot?
(a) With a team of directors.
(b) Only in indoor studios.
(c) With a static camera.
(d) Sequentially, scene by scene.

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

8. Over what span of time did the interview between Truffaut and Hitchcock take place?
(a) Twenty-four hour period.
(b) Fifty hour period.
(c) A month.
(d) Sixteen days.

9. When Hitchcock made his directorial debut, what was the film based on?
(a) An ancient fable.
(b) A play.
(c) A poem.
(d) A novel.

10. While working at Paramount Famous Players-Lasky, when would Hitchcock occasionally be given a chance to step behind the camera?
(a) When the head figure at the studio was not around.
(b) When Hitchcock contributed an idea that they used.
(c) When scenes involved no actors.
(d) When directors were sick or had an emergency.

11. What did Hitchcock have a little boy carry in his film, "The Woman Alone"?
(a) A bomb.
(b) A mysterious box.
(c) A knife.
(d) A dead body.

12. How old was Hitchcock when he wrote the adapted script for "Woman to Woman"?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Twenty-three.
(d) Twenty-one.

13. What genre was Hitchcock's film "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"?
(a) Science fiction.
(b) Period romance.
(c) Comedy.
(d) Action.

14. Which famous figure inspired a scene in "The Man Who Knew Too Much"?
(a) Adolf Hitler.
(b) Walt Disney.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Winston Churchill.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Truffaut say about the success of "The Man Who Knew Too Much" in Britain?

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

3. Who offered Hitchcock his new position after the British took over the Paramount Famous Players-Lasky studio?

4. Which Academy Award was given to Hitchcock's first American film?

5. What did Hitchcock become known for inserting into his films?

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