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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did "Rope" cost to produce?

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

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

4. Hitchcock stated that the storyline for Norman was inspired by a man in which American state?

5. How did Truffaut refer to "Notorious"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Hitchcock approach filming romantic scenes?

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

6. Why was Hitchcock attracted to filming "Rear Window"?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Hitchcock's career during the 1940's. What are some of the notable films which Hitchcock worked on during this time? What technical innovations or career advancements did Hitchcock achieve during this time period? What comments did Truffaut and Hitchcock make about the films of this time period?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of fear in the book "Hitchcock". What was Hitchcock afraid of? What caused his fears? How did they affect his work? How did they translate onscreen?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the photographs in the book "Hitchcock." What do the photographs tell the reader about Hitchcock and his film career? Why might the photographs in the book have been chosen? Why are photographs often included in biographies and other non-fiction portrayals of historical figures and influential people?

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