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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. Which member of Hitchcock's family made an appearance in "Strangers on a Train"?
(a) His wife.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His mother.

2. What had Hitchcock heard of happening in New Mexico and Norway?
(a) Secret bomb experiments.
(b) Audiences boycotting his films.
(c) Experiments with film techniques.
(d) UFO crash landings.

3. Who did the character Norman have conversations with in "Psycho"?
(a) The hotel's groundskeeper.
(b) His own reflection.
(c) His mother.
(d) A squirrel.

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

5. How much did "Rope" cost to produce?
(a) $1.5 million.
(b) $10 million.
(c) $3 million.
(d) $5 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Hitchcock's personal rules did he break during "The Birds"?

2. One morning, what did Hitchcock tell Truffaut likely disturbed his sleep the night before?

3. What did Hitchcock regret about "The Wrong Man"?

4. What was the hope of the authors of the novel "Vertigo" based on as they wrote it?

5. What did Hitchcock sacrifice for the sake of veracity in "The Wrong Man"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did Hitchcock approach filming romantic scenes?

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

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