Suppose, for instance, you have six characters involved in a mystery. A man has been murdered and all six are possible suspects but no one is sure including the audience. What are suspects as it is used in "Let 'em Play God?"

People that are possibly guilty

One of the characters, a young man, is standing in a shadowy room with his back to the door when an unidentified character in a cloak and black hat sneaks in and slugs him into insensibility. What does insensibility mean as it is used in this sentence?

Not being able to feel any senses

For 17 years I have been making pictures described alternately as thriller, dark mysteries, and chillers, yet I have never actually directed a whodunit or a puzzler. Offhand this may sound like debunking, but I do not believe that puzzling the audience is the essence of suspense. What does debunking mean as it is used in the passage?

Proving something to not be true

What does the author most likely mean by “ingredients in a formula” in the passage below? In order to achieve this, one of the necessary ingredients of the formula is a series of plausible situations with people that are real. The characters are unbelievable you never get suspense, only surprise.

consistent artistic qualities across genres

the set of rules used by every suspense director

Which of the following best summarizes the central idea of paragraph 14? In none of these was the house filled with shadows, the weather dull and stormy throughout, the moor windswept, and the doors creaky. In fact, it is important in a story with sinister implications to use counterpoint, great contrast between situation and background, as we did in Rope.

The setting of a film should not necessarily be ominous when there is a criminal element involved.

Creating a convincing setting requires implementing several visual techniques to achieve a sense of tension.

The setting of a film must provide the same menacing quality that the criminal shows in order to create tension.

Creating tension does not require a change of location between two scenes in a film.

Choose THREE that according to Hitchcock are the ingredients of suspense.

Allow the audience to know who has committed the crime.

Make characters unknowingly interact with the criminal.

Allow the audience to ponder when and how a crime will be resolved.

Include characters with exaggerated personalities.

Keep the audience from knowing who the suspect is in the film.

Hitchcock says the audience will "work like the devil" for him if he tells them the secrets his characters do not know. What does it mean to work like the devil.

Help the devil accomplish something

What is a whodunit or a puzzler?

A movie or book with a lot of mysteries and questions

Which is an example of suspense?

Characters who we know are murders having a party with their latest victim's family

A villain attacking a character we know nothing about

A child's tale with a happy ending

How does "Rope" begin?

Two characters strangling another character

Characters discovering a body with no clues

Hitchcock says writers "cry in agony" to achieve suspense. What does it mean to "cry in agony?" as it is used by Hitchcock

Writers desire to create suspense

Writers hate when they create suspense

Writers do not care about suspense

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Which choice is most likely the author's purpose of "Let 'em Play God?"

To persuade

To inform

To entertain

To confuse

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CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

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30 sec • 1 pt

What is Alfred Hitchcock's point of view in "Let 'em Play God?"

To teach readers about what suspense is and how to attain it

To make readers surprised

To strike horror into his readers

To help the reader create a good movie

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CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

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30 sec • 1 pt

What is Alfred Hitchcock's nickname?

The master of surprise

The master of suspense

The master of horror

The master of movies

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

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30 sec • 1 pt

In order to create suspense, what does Hitchcock say the audience must know?

Nothing, they need to be surprised

The more gore the more suspense

The audience must imagine a monster

The audience must know all of the answers, but not when they are going to happen

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Define suspense

Being completely surprised

Being completely confused

Knowing what will happen just not when

Being completely annoyed

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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30 sec • 1 pt

What movie is Alfred Hitchcock most famous for

North by Northwest

Rope

Psycho

The Birds

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does it mean to "Play God?"

To have power or control over something or someone

To float in the sky

To create a religion

To have people argue

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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Let 'em Play God

Which choice is most likely the author's purpose of "Let 'em Play God?"

What is Alfred Hitchcock's point of view in "Let 'em Play God?"

What is Alfred Hitchcock's nickname?

In order to create suspense, what does Hitchcock say the audience must know?

Define suspense

What movie is Alfred Hitchcock most famous for

What does it mean to "Play God?"

Suppose, for instance, you have six characters involved in a mystery. A man has been murdered and all six are possible suspects but no one is sure including the audience. What are suspects as it is used in "Let 'em Play God?"

One of the characters, a young man, is standing in a shadowy room with his back to the door when an unidentified character in a cloak and black hat sneaks in and slugs him into insensibility.What does insensibility mean as it is used in this sentence?

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Suppose, for instance, you have six characters involved in a mystery. A man has been murdered and all six are possible suspects but no one is sure including the audience.

What are suspects as it is used in "Let 'em Play God?"

One of the characters, a young man, is standing in a shadowy room with his back to the door when an unidentified character in a cloak and black hat sneaks in and slugs him into insensibility.

What does insensibility mean as it is used in this sentence?