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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. The purpose of technique is to free the what?
(a) Unconscious.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Dream life.
(d) Conscious mind.

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

3. Who did Mamet cite in saying that we needn't avoid things just because they're cliche?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Eisenstein.
(c) Stanislavsky.
(d) Aristotle.

4. Who said that the point is what happens to he hero, not what happens to the writer?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Plato.
(d) Hemingway.

5. What is the main shot of any given scene?
(a) The principle.
(b) The main.
(c) The master.
(d) The focus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eisenstein claimed that the best image is a what image?

2. The second beat of the hypothetical scene in Chapter 2 was to what?

3. Who said, "Write the story, take out all the good lines, and see if it still works"?

4. Who wrote Memories, Dream, Reflections?

5. What is the term for the screening of the day's shots?

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