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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do you refer to when giving direction to the actor or the cameraman?
(a) The objective of the scene.
(b) The actor's focus.
(c) The interesting shot.
(d) The beat.

2. According to Mamet at the end of Chapter 5, "Anybody with a _____ can take a picture of a 'pig.'"
(a) Camera.
(b) Steadicam.
(c) Brownie.
(d) Imagination.

3. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, the task is always the same. Stick with it until you _____.
(a) Discover the scene's meaning.
(b) Find an answer.
(c) Solve it.
(d) Work it out with the crew.

4. What actress did Mamet mention in the footnotes of Chapter 5 as an actress who could truly act?
(a) Donna Reed.
(b) Susan Sarandon.
(c) Meryl Streep.
(d) Mary Astor.

5. Mamet says that the perfect movie doesn't have any what?
(a) Dialogue.
(b) Scenes.
(c) Characters.
(d) Cuts.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet in Chapter 5, why did Oedipus have to find out who his parents were?

2. When the farmer saw the man on the road, how did Mamet refer to this beat?

3. Oedipus is the model of all tragedy, according to whom?

4. The only reason characters speak is what?

5. The rule of circularity says not to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What suggestions did the students give for the motivation of the protagonist in Chapter 5's scenario?

2. Who did the farmer meet in the hypothetical film in Chapter 5? How did this interaction play out?

3. How does Aristotle's theory of tragedy relate to the hypothetical film in Chapter 5?

4. What are modern film actors lacking in their education of storytelling, according to Mamet?

5. What does Mamet say regarding subconscious response in Chapter 4?

6. What has the hypothetical film evolved to in terms of danger in Chapter 5?

7. What is the Cult of Self which Mamet refers to in Chapter 6?

8. How did Mamet describe dealing with dialogue in Chapter 4?

9. What decision did Mamet suggest is in the hands of the director, in Chapter 6?

10. What did Mamet write about the Navaho Indians in Chapter 6?

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