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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Hitchcock's personal rules did he break during "The Birds"?
(a) Not to experiment technically while filming.
(b) To not make more than one film in a single year.
(c) To never improvise while filming.
(d) To avoid friendships with the film's actors.

2. What did Hitchcock assert that not every film needs?
(a) A happy ending.
(b) A superstar cast.
(c) Special effects.
(d) A big budget.

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

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

5. Where was Hitchcock born?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Paris.
(c) New York.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hitchcock say about the characters in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"?

2. In what year did Hitchcock first travel to America?

3. What was the focus of "Spellbound"?

4. Why were many scenarios for the "Notorious" 'MacGuffin' cast aside?

5. Why did Hitchcock's father take him to the police station?

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