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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. Who did the character Norman have conversations with in "Psycho"?

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

3. What was "The Wrong Man" based on?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the interviewer, François Truffaut. Was he qualified to do this interview? What was his background? What opinions did he assert about Hitchcock's films and film making in general?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Hitchcock's childhood. What similarities and differences can be seen between Hitchcock the child and Hitchcock the director? What major events did Hitchcock experience during his youth? Did Hitchcock have a passion for cinema as a child?

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