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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hitchcock insist that all people have at least some tendency for?
(a) Voyeurism.
(b) Infidelity.
(c) Selfishness.
(d) Arrogance.

2. What was Hitchcock notorious for memorizing?
(a) The names of everyone on set.
(b) Entire scripts.
(c) Which films won which awards.
(d) Capital cities.

3. Who did Hitchcock work with to develop the screenplay for "Strangers on a Train"?
(a) Samuel Taylor.
(b) Raymond Chandler.
(c) Charles Bennett.
(d) Anthony Shaffer.

4. Who starred in "Rear Window"?
(a) Anthony Perkins.
(b) James Stewart.
(c) Cary Grant.
(d) Peter Lorre.

5. One morning, what did Hitchcock tell Truffaut likely disturbed his sleep the night before?
(a) A howling cat outside his house.
(b) Something he ate before going to bed.
(c) The city traffic.
(d) Thinking about what was discussed in their interview.

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

7. Which novel was "Vertigo" based on?
(a) Le Magnifique.
(b) D'Entre les Morts.
(c) La Main du Diable.
(d) Diabolique.

8. What did Hitchcock state that he practiced, "quite religiously"?
(a) Absurdity.
(b) Sarcasm.
(c) Politeness.
(d) Procrastination.

9. What had Hitchcock heard of happening in New Mexico and Norway?
(a) Secret bomb experiments.
(b) UFO crash landings.
(c) Audiences boycotting his films.
(d) Experiments with film techniques.

10. In what year was "Notorious" made?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1950.

11. With "The Wrong Man", what aspect of the film is Hitchcock said to have gone out of his way to ensure rang true?
(a) The settings of the scenes.
(b) The American dialect the characters spoke with.
(c) The resemblance of the characters to their real life counterparts.
(d) The feelings that the film evoked.

12. How would a kissing scene in "Psycho" have appeared to audiences at the time the film was released?
(a) Shocking.
(b) Confusing.
(c) Too chaste.
(d) Inappropriate.

13. What was the focus of "Spellbound"?
(a) Hypnotism.
(b) Brainwashing.
(c) Psychoanalysis.
(d) Genetic mutation.

14. Who was the female lead in "Psycho"?
(a) Kim Novak.
(b) Janet Leigh.
(c) Eva Marie Saint.
(d) Tippi Hedren.

15. Under which circumstance did Hitchcock say he would not have filmed "The Birds"?
(a) Had his previous film not been so successful.
(b) Had the birds not been ordinary ones.
(c) Had Tippi Hedren not agreed to be in it.
(d) Had the budget been small.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of dreams did Hitchcock say he didn't have?

2. What happened in the dream Hitchcock told Truffaut about?

3. In what year did Hitchcock film "Spellbound"?

4. What did Truffaut say would have made the opening scene of "Psycho" more effective?

5. Which member of Hitchcock's family made an appearance in "Strangers on a Train"?

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