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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Hitchcock describe his father?
(a) As a cruel man.
(b) As an intelligent man.
(c) As a nervous man.
(d) As a patient man.

2. What genre was Hitchcock's film "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"?
(a) Comedy.
(b) Action.
(c) Science fiction.
(d) Period romance.

3. Who appeared in each of Hitchcock's films?
(a) Hitchcock himself.
(b) James Stewart.
(c) David O. Selznick.
(d) Edith Head.

4. What did the audience resent about Hitchcock's use of the young boy in his film, "The Woman Alone"?
(a) That the boy used bad language.
(b) That anything bad happened to him.
(c) That he had a happy ending.
(d) That the role was played by an American, not a Brit.

5. When Hitchcock made his directorial debut, what was the film based on?
(a) A poem.
(b) A play.
(c) A novel.
(d) An ancient fable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hitchcock assert that not every film needs?

2. What is said to be one of the most notable innovations of Hitchcock's films?

3. When Hitchcock began to pay more attention to scenarios than the plausibility of the plot, what was he able to focus on?

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

5. What is the Shuftan Process?

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