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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the quiet man who approached Hitchcock during the filming of "Notorious"?
(a) The producer's cousin.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His former boss at Famous Players-Lasky.
(d) A retired screenwriter.

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

3. What do some people refer to Hitchcock as an expert of?
(a) Using color to excite the audience's emotions.
(b) Physical love on screen.
(c) Making silence scary.
(d) Using light to create mood.

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

5. What did Hitchcock believe might be the reason that people felt the need to watch his films several times?
(a) The plots were so complex.
(b) The stories.
(c) The richness of detail on the screen.
(d) There were visual gags that could be missed.

Short Answer Questions

1. With "The Wrong Man", what aspect of the film is Hitchcock said to have gone out of his way to ensure rang true?

2. What did Hitchcock say was lost on screen in "Marnie"?

3. What did Hitchcock sacrifice for the sake of veracity in "The Wrong Man"?

4. Hitchcock refuted a story about which actor sending him fifty canaries?

5. What was the hope of the authors of the novel "Vertigo" based on as they wrote it?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the opening scene of "Psycho" designed with the audience in mind?

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

3. Why was Hitchcock attracted to filming "Rear Window"?

4. What did Truffaut cite as an example of absurdity in Hitchcock's films?

5. Under which circumstance did Hitchcock say he would not have filmed "The Birds"?

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

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

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

9. How did Hitchcock approach filming romantic scenes?

10. Why did Hitchcock have conflicts with the producer of "Notorious"?

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