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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Where Do You Put the Camera?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mamet wrote, "Most _____ directors approach it by saying, 'let's follow the actors around,' as if the film were a record of what the protagonist did."
(a) French.
(b) American.
(c) Italian.
(d) Japanese.

2. Who said, "Write the story, take out all the good lines, and see if it still works"?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Chekhov.
(c) Stanislavski.
(d) Fitzgerald.

3. Who told Alice it didn't matter which road she took, as cited by Mamet in Chapter 2?
(a) The Mad Hatter.
(b) The Cheshire Cat.
(c) The Rabbit.
(d) The Caterpillar.

4. In what area did Mamet have greater experience in when writing the book?
(a) Acting.
(b) Screenwriting.
(c) Stage directing.
(d) Film criticism.

5. According to Mamet, it is essential to cut that which has what to us?
(a) Deep personal meaning.
(b) Narration.
(c) Explanation.
(d) Emotion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The smallest unit is the shot; the largest unit is what?

3. What was the third beat about in the hypothetical film in Chapter 2?

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

5. Mamet says in Chapter 1 that if the film follows the protagonist around, what he does had better be what?

(see the answer key)

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