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Quiz about What You Missed in Hitchcocks Psycho

What You Missed in Hitchcock's "Psycho" Quiz

Hitchcock's films are deeper and more profound than many people realize, containing a variety of recurring ironies and motifs. Did you pick up on any of these when you saw the film?

A multiple-choice quiz by hank2001. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
hank2001

Time
6 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
94,900

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 5

1. Bird imagery abounds in Hitchcock's films. Birds are a symbol for Hitchcock of man's inhumanity getting him in the end. Birds are hunted and caged by man, and they attack. Which of these is NOT a true symbol of this in "Psycho"? Hint

Norman tells Marion "you eat like a bird"

Norman calls his mother "you old crow"

Norman's hobby is taxidermy and he has many stuffed birds on his wall

After he sees what "mother" has done, Norman knocks two pictures of birds off the wall

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Question 2 of 5

2. Which is NOT a foreshadow of things to come? Hint

Marion tells Sam in bed she has just enough time to take a shower before going back to work

The windshield wipers cutting through the rain suggest the knife and the shower

The cop tells Marion to go to a motel "just to be safe"

Marion's bra turns from white to black in the film, marking her for death

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Question 3 of 5

3. What is a suggestion through symbolism in the film that Norman might be impotent? Hint

Norman tells Marion "I've had trouble sleeping lately"

Though it is raining Norman walks down the hill without his umbrella open

Norman asks Arboghast to help him "get it up" the stairs (his bed)

By a stretch of fantasy, he could be referred to as Master Bates

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Question 4 of 5

4. Sam tells Marion's sister not to go back to the motel. When she asks why not, what is his double-meaning reply? Hint

There's something crazy going on

We don't know who's crazier, Norman or his mother

Bates

You'll probably wind up like one of his birds

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Question 5 of 5

5. Norman's problems are suggested to be the result of an overbearing mother. Which of these is NOT another suggestion of an overbearing mother in the film? Hint

The obnoxious rich guy in the bank says "I need someone to mother me. Can you mother me?"

Sam suggests they turn mother's picture around and make love at her place.

Marion says she cannot make love to Sam at her place with her mother's picture staring at them.

Marion's co-worker mentions her mother called to see if her boyfriend called her.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Norman calls his mother "you old crow"

Other bird imagery -- Marion's last name is Crane, she is from Phoenix Arizona. Norman's middle name is Francis, and St. Francis is the patron saint of birds.

2. Which is NOT a foreshadow of things to come?

Answer: Marion tells Sam in bed she has just enough time to take a shower before going back to work

It may be considered a stretch, but in Marion's apartment we get a full view of her shower in the background with the shower head exposed. This may also be a foreshadow, knowing Hitchcock.

3. What is a suggestion through symbolism in the film that Norman might be impotent?

Answer: Though it is raining Norman walks down the hill without his umbrella open

Another clue may be the fact that Norman's knife never really penetrates Marion's flesh.

4. Sam tells Marion's sister not to go back to the motel. When she asks why not, what is his double-meaning reply?

Answer: Bates

Bates refers not only to Norman's name and his taxidermy hobby, but also to what he does. He baits traps for unsuspecting women.

5. Norman's problems are suggested to be the result of an overbearing mother. Which of these is NOT another suggestion of an overbearing mother in the film?

Answer: The obnoxious rich guy in the bank says "I need someone to mother me. Can you mother me?"

Wacky, overbearing mothers is another recurring theme in Hitchcock films. They can be found in varying degrees in "Frenzy", "Marnie", "North By Northwest", "The Birds" and "Strangers On A Train".

Source: Author hank2001

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