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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) Shocking.
(b) Confusing.
(c) Too chaste.
(d) Inappropriate.

2. What complaint did Hitchcock have about the original script for "Spellbound"?
(a) The dialogue included offensive language.
(b) It wasn't tight enough.
(c) It could only appeal to children.
(d) It was almost identical to another film he had made.

3. What technical innovation was used for the first time on "Rope"?
(a) Surround sound.
(b) Technicolor film.
(c) New lighting technology.
(d) Green screen techniques.

4. Which film features a scene with a crop dusting plane?
(a) The Man Who Knew Too Much.
(b) Torn Curtain.
(c) The Paradine Case.
(d) North by Northwest.

5. What was the producer of "Notorious" unfamiliar with, which eventually led to the film being made with another studio?
(a) The concept of a MacGuffin.
(b) The cost of building sets.
(c) European politics.
(d) Atom bombs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hitchcock say of many elaborate elements in his films?

2. What did Hitchcock consider "Rear Window" to evoke the purest expression of?

3. How did Hitchcock approach romance in a film?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Hitchcock have conflicts with the producer of "Notorious"?

3. Why did Hitchcock avoid politics in his films?

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

5. According to Truffaut, how did the audience get an understanding of James Stewart's character in "Rear Window"?

6. What was the downside of involving psychoanalysis in the script for "Spellbound"?

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

8. What did Hitchcock and writer Ben Hecht spend a lot of time choosing for the film "Notorious"?

9. What did Truffaut reveal that the book "Vertigo" was based on?

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

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