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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Countercultural Architecture and Dramatic Structure.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Mamet, you can't rely on the ________ to tell the story. Which of these is the correct answer?
(a) Acting.
(b) Direction.
(c) Beats.
(d) Shots.

3. What was the third beat about in the hypothetical film in Chapter 2?
(a) Preparing.
(b) Homage.
(c) Respect.
(d) Waiting.

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

5. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, "In addition to what you will or not learn about the medium through your desire to understand it, that desire itself will be ______."
(a) Established.
(b) Manifested.
(c) Created.
(d) Attained.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mamet says the audience requires not information, but what?

2. Mamet says that you cannot hide your what, in Chapter 3?

3. Who did Mamet compare with Frank Capra in Chapter 3?

4. Mamet says in Chapter 1 that if the film follows the protagonist around, what he does had better be what?

5. Who told Alice it didn't matter which road she took, as cited by Mamet in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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