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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hitchcock say the audience failed to understand about the film "I Confess"?
(a) The lengths people will go to to protect loved ones.
(b) The complicated murder plot.
(c) The role of a priest as confessor.
(d) The subtle humor in the film.

2. Which film actually became the first one Hitchcock filmed in America?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Foreign Correspondent.
(c) Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
(d) The Paradine Case.

3. Why did Truffaut consider "Rope" a milestone in Hitchcock's career?
(a) It was the first film Hitchcock produced.
(b) It was based on a story that Hitchcock wrote himself.
(c) It was Hitchcock's highest grossing film.
(d) It earned Hitchcock an Academy Award.

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

5. What is the Shuftan Process?
(a) A technique that creates short spurts of light resembling lightning.
(b) A technique using mirrors to reflect a picture in front of the camera.
(c) A technique that makes objects appear farther than they are from the camera.
(d) A technique in which the actors may appear to have doubled.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Truffaut refer to "Notorious"?

2. What were leading ladies required to do for the cameramen's age-hiding technique to work?

3. What topic in regards to Hitchcock's life had not really been written about before this book?

4. Who offered Hitchcock his new position after the British took over the Paramount Famous Players-Lasky studio?

5. What caused the theater audience to applaud at the premiere of "The Ring"?

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