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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Pig—The Movie.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mamet says that you cannot hide your what, in Chapter 3?
(a) Objective.
(b) Outline.
(c) Action.
(d) Structure.

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

3. What example did Mamet use in Chapter 4 to demonstrate how you don't or do shoot a scene?
(a) A documentary.
(b) A pig farmer.
(c) A car crash.
(d) A cartoon.

4. Which chapter did Mamet recommend the students read in, A Practical Handbook for the Actor?
(a) Dictation.
(b) Structure.
(c) Analysis.
(d) Character.

5. The only reason characters speak is what?
(a) To get what they want.
(b) To tell a story.
(c) To express exposition.
(d) To narrate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who directed Casablanca?

3. According to Mamet, what was his response to "lovely enthusiasts who will aver that the purpose of modern art is not to be liked"?

4. What does Mamet say that the people in Hollywood don't have, in Chapter 5?

5. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, he challenges the way people talk about any performance artist and the way they talk about whom?

(see the answer key)

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