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1.	Thornhill is in what line of business?
		Advertising
		Diplomacy
		Politics
		Business

2.	Vandamm's men get Thornhill drunk on what?
		Scotch
		Bourbon
		Vodka
		Gin

3.	Why does the professor not want to clear Thornhill of killing Townsend?
		He doesn't want to endanger his own agent
		He thinks Thornhill is guilty
		Townsend ordered him not to
		He wants Thornhill to kill Vandamm

4.	The name of the film comes from what?
		The reading on Thornhill's compass at the Chicago airport
		The general direction Thornhill travels in the film
		The reading on Thornhill's compass at the Cedar Rapids airport
		The name of the train Thornhill takes from New York to Chicago

5.	How is Townsend killed?
		Shot
		Strangled
		Knifed in the back
		Poisoned

6.	Where do Thornhill's initials appear?
		On his shirt pocket
		On his wallet
		On his money clip
		On his matchbook

7.	The movie starts in what state?
		California
		Connecticut
		New York
		Florida

8.	Why does Thornhill take the train to Chicago?
		He believes Kaplan is there
		To meet his mother
		He has tickets to a baseball game
		To speak at a convention

9.	How does Thornhill arrive at the location at which he is attacked by the cropduster?
		He hitchhikes
		He takes a bus
		He is drugged and left there
		He is taken in a police car

10.	Thornhill learns Vandamm's name where?
		At the United Nations
		At an auction
		On the train to Chicago
		At the Cedar Rapids airport

11.	While standing on the Chicago airport tarmac, the following is revealed to Thornhill, except for what?
		Eve is a government agent
		George Kaplan doesn't exist
		Vandamm is leaving the country soon
		Eve is planning to shoot Thornhill

12.	Why is Thornhill originally mistaken for Kaplan?
		Kaplan is an anagram of an alias he uses
		Kaplan's name was paged in the lounge where he was drinking
		Eve calls him Kaplan on their first meeting
		His mother calls him Kaplan, which is his middle name

13.	Thornhill overhears a conversation between Leonard and Vandamm at the South Dakota house. He learns which of the following?
		The men know the gun Eve used to shoot Thornhill contained blanks
		The figurine won at auction contained microfilm
		Vandamm plans to kill Eve during the flight
		All of the above

14.	Where did Eve originally meet Vandamm?
		At a party
		At the United Nations
		At a wedding
		At a café in Washington, DC

15.	In his cameo in the film, Hitchcock is shown doing what?
		Reading a newspaper
		Talking in a phonebooth
		Driving a police car
		Getting on a bus

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