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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was Hitchcock's assistant after he became a director?
(a) Annie Redmond.
(b) Ansley Riece.
(c) Alma Reville.
(d) Ashley Rand.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hitchcock say it was important to find a balance between with a movie's plot?

2. How was Hitchcock's first American film received in Britain?

3. What incident was the ending of "The Man Who Knew Too Much" based on?

4. What was different about Hitchcock's first film in America?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Hitchcock, what was special about his film "The Ring"?

2. What was the advantage to Hitchcock focusing more on scenario than plausibility in his films?

3. What schools did Hitchcock attend in his youth?

4. What is the Shuftan Process?

5. What was the ending of "The Man Who Knew Too Much" based on?

6. What did Truffaut ask Hitchcock about the portrayal of police officers in "Sabotage" and "Shadow of Doubt"?

7. How was Hitchcock's first American film received by the public and his peers?

8. What did Hitchcock do when he learned Paramount Famous Players-Lasky was planning to open a film studio in London?

9. What did Hitchcock believe was his first step into the world of film?

10. What did Hitchcock try to do on the set of "Number Seventeen" which ended in disaster?

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