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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the screenplay of Hitchcock's first official film based on?
(a) A play called "Who is He?".
(b) A play called "Wuthering Flower."
(c) A play called "A Cup of Coffee."
(d) A play called "Escape."

2. What was the plot of "Woman to Woman" about?
(a) A woman's journey to find her long lost mother.
(b) The story of a woman who teaches young ladies at an etiquette school.
(c) A group of Wren officers vying for the attention of one man.
(d) A British officer who has an affair with a French dancer.

3. What did Truffaut say that many people assume suspense must be related to?
(a) Fear.
(b) Intimidation.
(c) Murder.
(d) Revenge.

4. While traveling in Germany, what was Hitchcock's crew instructed to smuggle onto a train?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A grenade.
(c) A camera.
(d) A coffin.

5. What was confiscated at a border crossing when Hitchcock was directing his first film?
(a) 10,000 feet of unexposed film.
(b) A fake gun.
(c) Fireworks.
(d) Gun powder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT named as an actor Hitchcock favored?

2. What kind of animal caused trouble for Hitchcock and his crew while filming "Number Seventeen"?

3. What is the Shuftan Process?

4. In what year did production wrap on "The Prude's Fall"?

5. Where was Hitchcock born?

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