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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, someone once asked whom if they had ever been lost?

2. According to Mamet in Chapter 4, "If you don't know what you want, how can you know when _____?"

3. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, the task is always the same. Stick with it until you _____.

4. Mamet compared the work of the film director to what, in Chapter 6?

5. What did the pig do in the ending of the story in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the appropriate response to the actor who asks "how do I walk down the hall", in the example in Chapter 4?

2. What storytelling genres did Mamet suggest the director study in Chapter 5?

3. What was Mamet's reply to the question, "Is it possible to do everything "right" and still make a bad movie?"

4. In the hypothetical film from Chapters 3 and 4, what would Mamet suggest as direction to the protagonist?

5. What was Mamet's response to "performance art" questions which arise in shooting?

6. What did Mamet suggest directors should strive for in terms of film dialogue in movies, in Chapter 4?

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

8. What did Mamet caution against with having multiple motivations for the farmer in Chapter 5?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Mamet's metaphor for film and the Countercultural Architecture movement.

Essay Topic 2

Describe and define the K.I.S.S. rule. In what context did Mamet refer to this in the text?

Essay Topic 3

Using the hypothetical film which the students and Mamet created in Chapter 3, describe how the beats were broken down by the class.

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