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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Hitchcock's personal rules did he break during "The Birds"?
(a) Not to experiment technically while filming.
(b) To avoid friendships with the film's actors.
(c) To not make more than one film in a single year.
(d) To never improvise while filming.

2. How did Hitchcock approach romance in a film?
(a) Just as any other dramatic mood.
(b) With discomfort and embarrassment.
(c) As he would a dance scene.
(d) As he would an action scene.

3. What made "Rope" expensive to produce?
(a) The technical innovations that went into making it.
(b) The salaries of the cast.
(c) The cost of filming on location.
(d) The lawsuits that were brought against it.

4. What kind of scene did "Psycho" start with?
(a) A mugging scene.
(b) A romantic scene.
(c) A beach scene.
(d) A wedding scene.

5. What piece of equipment was used for the first time on "Rope"?
(a) A camera strapped to a dolly.
(b) A boom microphone.
(c) A video playback machine.
(d) A camera crane.

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

7. Who wrote the novel, "The Birds"?
(a) George Orwell.
(b) D. H. Lawrence.
(c) Daphne du Maurier.
(d) Anya Seton.

8. What did Hitchcock believe might be the reason that people felt the need to watch his films several times?
(a) The plots were so complex.
(b) The stories.
(c) The richness of detail on the screen.
(d) There were visual gags that could be missed.

9. What did Hitchcock say of many elaborate elements in his films?
(a) They distracted from the main plot.
(b) They were put in for his own satisfaction.
(c) They were usually added on a whim by the propsmaster.
(d) They were an early form of product placement.

10. Why did Truffaut consider "Rope" a milestone in Hitchcock's career?
(a) It earned Hitchcock an Academy Award.
(b) It was Hitchcock's highest grossing film.
(c) It was the first film Hitchcock produced.
(d) It was based on a story that Hitchcock wrote himself.

11. What did Hitchcock regret about "The Wrong Man"?
(a) That audiences didn't respond well to it.
(b) The title.
(c) Filming it on location.
(d) Getting so deeply involved in the story.

12. What was the only thing that intrigued Hitchcock about the novel "Psycho"?
(a) The shower murder scene.
(b) The romantic scenes.
(c) The hotel setting.
(d) The characterization of Norman Bates.

13. Had Hitchcock not bought the rights to "Vertigo", who did Truffaut suggest might have bought them?
(a) James Stewart.
(b) MGM.
(c) Stanley Kubrick.
(d) A French director.

14. Who wrote the screenplay for "Notorious"?
(a) Angus MacPhail.
(b) Anthony Shaffer.
(c) John Michael Hayes.
(d) Ben Hecht.

15. In "The Wrong Man", what establishment did the true thief try to rob, which led to his arrest?
(a) A delicatessen.
(b) A salon.
(c) A bank.
(d) A grocery store.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hitchcock say the audience failed to understand about the film "I Confess"?

2. In "The Wrong Man", what was the occupation of the man accused of robbery?

3. What did Truffaut note that Hitchcock's films never started out as?

4. What was the plot of "I Confess"?

5. What was common to the actors sent by casting when Hitchcock was searching for someone to play an ambassador?

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