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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. What does Mamet say most modern art is based around?
(a) Self-indulgence.
(b) Political reasons.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Poetry.

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

3. What kind of camera has helped in injuring the cinema, according to Mamet?
(a) The digital camera.
(b) The zoomcam.
(c) The dollycam.
(d) The steadycam.

4. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, the film business is caught in a spiral of degeneracy because it is run by people who have no what?
(a) Compass.
(b) Map.
(c) Structure.
(d) Craft.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mamet say happens when the problem posited by the scene is over?

2. All the audience cares about is the what, according to Mamet?

3. In what year did Mamet write the Preface of the book?

4. Who wrote Memories, Dream, Reflections?

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

(see the answer key)

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