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

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

3. 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 resemblance of the characters to their real life counterparts.
(b) The American dialect the characters spoke with.
(c) The settings of the scenes.
(d) The feelings that the film evoked.

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

5. Hitchcock stated that the storyline for Norman was inspired by a man in which American state?
(a) Maine.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was "The Wrong Man" based on?

2. Which film features a scene with a crop dusting plane?

3. What did Hitchcock state that he practiced, "quite religiously"?

4. In "The Wrong Man", what happened to the wife of the man on trial?

5. What did Hitchcock insist that all people have at least some tendency for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hitchcock believe inspired people to view his films many times?

2. How did Hitchcock explain filming in color as being potentially problematic?

3. Of "Rear Window", what is said to change the connotations of the film?

4. Why did the investigators in Hitchcock's "Rear Window" search for the murder victim's head?

5. Why did Hitchcock avoid politics in his films?

6. What did Hitchcock's meeting with a farmer during the filming of "The Birds" inspire?

7. What inspired the Norman Bates storyline in "Psycho"?

8. What intrigued Hitchcock about making films?

9. What did Hitchcock believe the audience failed to understand about "I Confess"?

10. Why did Truffaut consider "Rope" a milestone in Hitchcock's career?

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