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

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

3. How many films had David Mamet directed at the time that the book was written?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

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

5. A good writer only gets better by learning to do what, according to Mamet?
(a) Cut.
(b) Create characters.
(c) Narrate.
(d) Flesh out stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. The purpose of technique is to free the what?

2. Mamet says in Chapter 1 that it is the __________ that makes the movie. What was he talking about?

3. Where was Mamet teaching in the fall of 1987?

4. The movie, more than what, is closer to simple storytelling?

5. What kind of camera has helped in injuring the cinema, according to Mamet?

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