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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. What did the pig have around its neck in the hypothetical film from Chapter 5?
(a) A handkerchief.
(b) A belt.
(c) A leash.
(d) A collar.

2. According to Mamet in Chapter 5, what is the perfect movie?
(a) Casablanca.
(b) Breakfast at Tiffany's.
(c) Dumbo.
(d) It's a Wonderful Life.

3. What was the reason for the beginning of Oedipus Rex?
(a) The plague.
(b) Oedipus' father dying.
(c) The onset of war.
(d) Oedipus' mother dying.

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

5. 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) Craft.
(b) Map.
(c) Compass.
(d) Structure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mamet say is a bad idea for the third beat in Chapter 2?

2. What is the term for the thing which stands in the way of the protagonist?

3. Counterculture architecture was based on designing buildings based on what?

4. Who said of American films that they were all "pictures of people talking"?

5. Chair makers, until the turn of the century, made their chairs without what?

(see the answer key)

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