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

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

3. Who wrote The Uses of Enchantment?
(a) Bruno Bettelheim.
(b) Carl Jung.
(c) Bruno Eisenstein.
(d) Werner Herzog.

4. Who directed the film Places in the Heart?
(a) Alfred Hitchcock.
(b) Frank Capra.
(c) Werner Herzog.
(d) Robert Benton.

5. Which chapter did Mamet recommend the students read in, A Practical Handbook for the Actor?
(a) Character.
(b) Analysis.
(c) Dictation.
(d) Structure.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the scene generated for the class in Chapter 2, what did the protagonist want?

2. What was in the pen in the ending of the story in Chapter 5?

3. According to Mamet, you can't rely on the ________ to tell the story. Which of these is the correct answer?

4. According to Mamet, the storyteller did NOT need something in Chapter 2. What was it?

5. According to Mamet at the end of Chapter 5, "Anybody with a _____ can take a picture of a 'pig.'"

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