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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 wrote Memories, Dream, Reflections?
(a) Carl Jung.
(b) Bruno Bettelheim.
(c) Sigmund Freud.
(d) Constantin Stanislavsky.

2. What kind of camera has helped in injuring the cinema, according to Mamet?
(a) The zoomcam.
(b) The steadycam.
(c) The digital camera.
(d) The dollycam.

3. After how many takes does Mamet say you can no longer remember what the scene was about, in Chapter 4?
(a) Ten.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

4. In Chapter 2, Mamet says that it's impossible to make a character what?
(a) Narrate a story.
(b) Interesting in general.
(c) Carry a scene.
(d) Relatable to everyone.

5. Mamet says that the perfect movie doesn't have any what?
(a) Dialogue.
(b) Scenes.
(c) Characters.
(d) Cuts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do you refer to when giving direction to the actor or the cameraman?

2. According to Mamet, film schools are basically what?

3. Mamet made the analogy in Chapter 4, "if the house is going to stand, the nail must do the work of ____."

4. Anytime anyone does what, "that's a counterforce"?

5. Who did Mamet cite in saying that we needn't avoid things just because they're cliche?

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