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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Truffaut an outstanding choice for interviewing Hitchcock?
(a) He was a close friend of the director.
(b) He was not afraid to ask the hard questions.
(c) He had a great deal of interviewing experience.
(d) He was a former film critic and cinematic expert.

2. What was originally to be the topic of Hitchcock's first American film?
(a) The Hindenburg Disaster.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) The sinking of the Titanic.
(d) The story of a serial killer.

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

4. What happened to the little boy in Hitchcock's film, "The Woman Alone"?
(a) He ran away from home.
(b) He killed another boy.
(c) He saved a lost camper.
(d) He died.

5. According to Hitchcock, Jesuits would do anything to avoid what?
(a) Evil.
(b) Sin.
(c) God's wrath.
(d) Hell.

6. What was the plot of "Woman to Woman" about?
(a) A woman's journey to find her long lost mother.
(b) The story of a woman who teaches young ladies at an etiquette school.
(c) A British officer who has an affair with a French dancer.
(d) A group of Wren officers vying for the attention of one man.

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

8. What did the audience resent about Hitchcock's use of the young boy in his film, "The Woman Alone"?
(a) That anything bad happened to him.
(b) That the boy used bad language.
(c) That he had a happy ending.
(d) That the role was played by an American, not a Brit.

9. Which Academy Award was given to Hitchcock's first American film?
(a) Best Original Story.
(b) Best Film Editing.
(c) Picture of the Year.
(d) Best Director.

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

11. What did Truffaut say that many people assume suspense must be related to?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Murder.
(c) Fear.
(d) Intimidation.

12. Which company did Hitchcock work for after leaving school?
(a) British Tabulating Machine Company.
(b) Union Electric Company.
(c) Central London Public Service Company.
(d) The Henley Telegraph Company.

13. Who did Hitchcock meet that influenced his interest in writing scripts?
(a) British writers.
(b) French writers.
(c) American writers.
(d) Spanish writers.

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

15. How was the murderer in "The Girl was Young" identifiable?
(a) By a tattoo.
(b) By an eye twitch.
(c) By facial hair.
(d) By a limp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the screenplay of Hitchcock's first official film based on?

2. Who appeared in each of Hitchcock's films?

3. Who did Hitchcock say was the actual recipient of the Oscar?

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

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

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