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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hitchcock believe was his first step into the world of film?
(a) Making deals.
(b) Drawing advertisements.
(c) Researching new technologies.
(d) Planning landscapes.

2. For Hitchcock, what was different about working on his first American film as compared to his British films?
(a) Only the filming location.
(b) Hitchcock could not relate to the film's story.
(c) The American actors were harder to direct.
(d) It was harder to get production money from the studio.

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

4. Who offered Hitchcock his new position after the British took over the Paramount Famous Players-Lasky studio?
(a) Matthew Barrington.
(b) Martin Benson.
(c) Murray Bruce.
(d) Michael Balcon.

5. What is the Shuftan Process?
(a) A technique that makes objects appear farther than they are from the camera.
(b) A technique using mirrors to reflect a picture in front of the camera.
(c) A technique that creates short spurts of light resembling lightning.
(d) A technique in which the actors may appear to have doubled.

6. In "The Birds", who happened to be on the scene when a group of women began to discuss the birds?
(a) A nematologist.
(b) A paleozoologist.
(c) An apiologist.
(d) An ornithologist.

7. Who had contracted Hitchcock to make a film in America?
(a) David O. Selznik.
(b) Irving Thalberg.
(c) Sam Spiegel.
(d) Louis Mayer.

8. Which film actually became the first one Hitchcock filmed in America?
(a) Foreign Correspondent.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
(d) The Paradine Case.

9. What did Hitchcock talk about in regards to his film, "The Ring"?
(a) The perfect casting.
(b) The film's technical innovations.
(c) The budget.
(d) The behind-the-scenes shenanigans.

10. How did Hitchcock shoot "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"?
(a) With a very small production budget.
(b) With a great amount of improvisation.
(c) On location in Italy.
(d) As it was written.

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

12. What is said to be one of the most notable innovations of Hitchcock's films?
(a) Sound effects.
(b) Use of color.
(c) Camera angles.
(d) Lighting.

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

14. What kind of animal caused trouble for Hitchcock and his crew while filming "Number Seventeen"?
(a) Birds.
(b) Rats.
(c) Cats.
(d) Dogs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the theater audience to applaud at the premiere of "The Ring"?

2. What position was Hitchcock promoted to in the company he worked for after leaving school?

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

4. Who was Hitchcock's assistant after he became a director?

5. What did Truffaut say that many people assume suspense must be related to?

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