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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 directed the film Places in the Heart?
(a) Werner Herzog.
(b) Alfred Hitchcock.
(c) Frank Capra.
(d) Robert Benton.

2. What is the term which refers to the protagonist's immediate goal?
(a) Motivation.
(b) Superobjective.
(c) Obstacle.
(d) Objective.

3. Mamet says in Chapter 3 that it is the nature of human perception to go to what?
(a) The most interesting thing.
(b) The back-story.
(c) The MacGuffin.
(d) The protagonist.

4. What craft did Mamet say he does sometimes in Chapter 3?
(a) Carves wood.
(b) Sculpts.
(c) Paints.
(d) Writes poetry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mamet says that it's not the actor's job to be emotional. It's the actor's job to be what?

2. In the scene generated for the class in Chapter 2, what did the protagonist want?

3. What does David Mamet say that the answer to all of the tedious actor questions is?

4. Mamet says that when he was young, actors spent how many years on stage earning a living by the time they were thirty?

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

(see the answer key)

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