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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: The Tasks of the Director.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said of American films that they were all "pictures of people talking"?
(a) Alfred Hitchcock.
(b) Eisenstein.
(c) Frank Capra.
(d) Herzog.

2. Counterculture architecture was based on designing buildings based on what?
(a) The natural surroundings.
(b) How the architect felt.
(c) The setting.
(d) The weather.

3. What is the subheading of Chapter 4?
(a) Pig - The Movie.
(b) What to Tell the Actors and Where to Put the Camera.
(c) Where Do You Put the Camera?
(d) Storytelling.

4. Screenwriting is a craft based on what?
(a) Narration.
(b) Exposition.
(c) Logic.
(d) Science.

5. In the scene generated for the class in Chapter 2, what did the protagonist want?
(a) The students' respect.
(b) The teacher's respect.
(c) Money.
(d) To sell a pig.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mamet says that it's not the actor's job to be emotional. It's the actor's job to be what?

2. The only reason characters speak is what?

3. What unit does the director want to concern himself with?

4. What is the main shot of any given scene?

5. What was Hitchcock's phrase for the thing which the protagonist is chasing?

(see the answer key)

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