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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 changes have to be made to the "Vertigo" script before filming?
(a) To make it more accessible for international audiences.
(b) To make it appeal to a younger audience.
(c) To make it work for the big screen.
(d) To set it in America.

2. How did Hitchcock come to work on "Strangers on a Train"?
(a) The author asked him to direct the film version.
(b) A friend recommended that he direct it.
(c) He chose the novel to adapt himself.
(d) The studio assigned it to him.

3. Who was the quiet man who approached Hitchcock during the filming of "Notorious"?
(a) His former boss at Famous Players-Lasky.
(b) The producer's cousin.
(c) His uncle.
(d) A retired screenwriter.

4. What is NOT listed as an object to be used to understand the main character of "Rear Window"?
(a) A deck of cards.
(b) A broken camera.
(c) A leg in a cast.
(d) Photographs on the wall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which emotion did Truffaut say was easily transferred to film?

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

3. Who did Hitchcock work with to develop the screenplay for "Strangers on a Train"?

4. How did Hitchcock approach romance in a film?

5. How did Hitchcock describe his usual dreams?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Truffaut say would have improved the opening scene of "Psycho"?

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

3. What did Hitchcock's memorization of scripts stop him from doing?

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

5. How was the opening scene of "Psycho" designed with the audience in mind?

6. What did Hitchcock say was lost with the film "Marnie"?

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

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

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

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

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