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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How was the murderer in "The Girl was Young" identifiable?
2. Who had contracted Hitchcock to make a film in America?
3. While traveling in Germany, what was Hitchcock's crew instructed to smuggle onto a train?
4. Hitchcock revealed that caption cards often didn't match a movie's dialogue due to which circumstance?
5. What did Hitchcock say was the reason the police were portrayed as inept in some of his films?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Hitchcock insist that his cameos in his films appear in the first five minutes?
2. After working in the title department at Paramount Famous Players-Lasky, what skill did Hitchcock begin to practice?
3. What did Truffaut ask Hitchcock about the portrayal of police officers in "Sabotage" and "Shadow of Doubt"?
4. What schools did Hitchcock attend in his youth?
5. In a short story, how did Hitchcock himself explain the term "MacGuffin"?
6. What did Hitchcock explain would happen if a film's plot was too complex?
7. What did Hitchcock believe was his first step into the world of film?
8. What did Hitchcock try to do on the set of "Number Seventeen" which ended in disaster?
9. What was Hitchcock's response when Truffaut asked whether he was intimidated by filming in America?
10. What is the Shuftan Process?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the themes found in Hitchcock's films. What are some recurring themes? What movies have examples of these themes?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Hitchcock's audience. What are some examples of how Hitchcock kept the audience in mind while filming? What are some examples of how the audience reacted to different Hitchcock films?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the genre of the book. What is the genre of the book? What are the elements of this genre? Why might Truffaut and Scott have decided to go with this format?
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