Rear Window Quizzes

Rear Window Quiz 1

By A. Boghani · Edited by C. McKeever · Last reviewed September 23, 2016

1 From whom does Jefefries receive a phone call at the very beginning of the film?

His editor

Lisa

Stella

His brother
2 What does the inscription on Jefferies's cast say?

"Here lie the bones of L.B. Jefferies"

"Here lies the leg of L.B. Jefferies"

"The broken leg of L.B. Jefferies"

"Get well soon, Jefferies"
3 How did Jefferies break his leg?

By driving a racecar without permission and getting into an accident

By getting into a car accident on a busy NYC street

He fell down the stairs of his apartment building

By standing too close to a racecar track while trying to get a photograph
4 What does Stella claim she should have been instead of an insurance company nurse?

A psychic

A therapist

A medical doctor

A gypsy fortune teller
5 What major event in American history does Stella claim to have predicted?

Suffrage

The disappearance of Amelia Earhart

World War I

The 1929 Stock Market Crash
6 Why doesn't Jeff initially think that Lisa Fremont is the "right girl" for him?

She's too young for him

She isn't ready for marriage and he is

She doesn't approve of his vocation

She's too rarefied and "Park Avenue" for him
7 According to Stella, nothing has caused the human race as much trouble as ____________

Technology

Peeping Toms

Marriage

Intelligence
8 How much does the dress that Lisa is wearing in her first scene cost?

$5,000

$1,100

$800

$500
9 From where does Lisa order dinner for herself and Jeff?

21

The Oak Room

The Russian Tea Room

The Four Seasons
10 What field does Lisa work in?

Music

Dance

Publicity

Fashion
11 What is Jeff's nickname for the woman who sets a table for two but then sits there alone?

"Miss Delusional"

"Miss Solo"

"Miss Lonelyhearts"

"Miss Singleton"
12 What is Jeff's nickname for the pretty blonde dancer?

"Miss Torso"

"Miss Bikini"

"Goldilocks"

"Miss Leggy"
13 In whose apartment does Alfred Hitchcock make his signature cameo?

The songwriter's

The newlyweds'

Miss Torso's

The woman with the hearing aid's
14 Jeff doesn't think that he or Lisa will ever be able to _________

Co-habitate

Be apart

Change

Compromise
15 In which city does Rear Window take place?

New York City

Newark, NJ

Los Angeles

Washington, D.C.
16 Who employs Stella?

She is Lisa's personal nurse

Jeff pays for her privately

She's not employed, just a kind neighbor

The insurance company
17 How many weeks total does Jeff have to be in a cast?

9

8

7

6
18 At the beginning of the film, how much longer does Jeff have to be in the cast?

2 weeks

1 week

1 day

3 days
19 What does Miss Torso do for a living?

Ballet Dancer

Actress

Nanny

Model
20 According to Stella, what did they used to do to Peeping Toms in the "old days"?

Hang them

Castrate them

Put their eyes out with a red-hot poker

Send them to the workhouse
21 Stella nursed a director of which major American company?

LIFE Magazine

General Electric

General Motors

The New York Stock Exchange
22 What is Stella really inquiring about when she asks Jeff if Lisa's father is "loading up the shotgun"?

Is Lisa pregnant?

Does Lisa's father disapprove of Jeff?

Has Lisa told her father about Jeff yet?

Has Jeff hit Lisa?
23 How many times does the Salesman leave his apartment on the first night that Jeff is spying on him?

2

1

3

None
24 What does the songwriter do after coming home drunk?

Passes out on his piano bench

Starts playing the piano very loudly

Starts singing very loudly

Throws all of his music on the ground
25 What are Jeff's spying tools of choice?

Opera glasses and a telescope

A telescope, then a pair of binoculars

A telephoto lens and a pair of night-vision goggles

Binoculars, then a telephoto lens

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