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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface and Chapter 1: Storytelling.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unit does the director want to concern himself with?
(a) The scene.
(b) The film.
(c) The beat.
(d) The shot.

2. Whose method relies on a succession of images juxtaposed so that the contrast moves the story forward?
(a) Eisenstein.
(b) Morrison.
(c) Capra.
(d) Einstein.

3. 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) Japanese.
(b) American.
(c) Italian.
(d) French.

4. In what year did Mamet write the Preface of the book?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1988.

5. What is the term for the screening of the day's shots?
(a) Cuts.
(b) Outtakes.
(c) Dailies.
(d) Screenshots.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Screenwriting is a craft based on what?

3. According to Mamet, film directors should all aspire to be what?

4. Who wrote Memories, Dream, Reflections?

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

(see the answer key)

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