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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. Why did Hitchcock avoid politics in his films?
(a) He disliked politics.
(b) People generally don't like politically-themed films.
(c) To avoid controversy.
(d) Politics were irrelevant to the films he wanted to make.

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

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

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

5. How many of Hitchcock's films failed before he had a comeback with "Strangers on a Train"?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Zero.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hitchcock say he needed his surroundings to be?

2. What was one of Truffaut's favorite aspects of "Rear Window"?

3. What did Hitchcock have the investigators search for in "Rear Window"?

4. What was Hitchcock notorious for memorizing?

5. What did Hitchcock believe might be the reason that people felt the need to watch his films several times?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Hitchcock refuse to have his former boss at Famous Players-Lasky work for him on "Notorious"?

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

4. Under which circumstance did Hitchcock say he would not have filmed "The Birds"?

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

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

7. What was wrong with the last five reels of the film "Rope", which caused Hitchcock to re-shoot them?

8. For which film did Hitchcock break his rule of not improvising, and what was the effect?

9. What popular story did Hitchcock refute about Peter Lorre?

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

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