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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 term means a filmmaker, usually a director, who exercises creative control over his or her works and has a strong personal style?
(a) Collaborator.
(b) Auteur.
(c) Artiste.
(d) Creator.

2. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, the only thing the dramatic form is good for is what?
(a) Character creation.
(b) Political gain.
(c) Telling a story.
(d) Artistic expression.

3. The two essential elements of story, according to Aristotle, are surprise and what?
(a) Inevitability.
(b) Tragedy.
(c) Downfall.
(d) Fate.

4. In the scenario in Chapter 2, how early did the protagonist arrive to the class?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 10 minutes.

5. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, "You tax the audience every time you don't move on to _______ of the progression as quickly as possible."
(a) The MacGuffin.
(b) The next essential step.
(c) The essential truth.
(d) The action.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Hitchcock's phrase for the thing which the protagonist is chasing?

2. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, he challenges the way people talk about any performance artist and the way they talk about whom?

3. Mamet says that the house has to look like a house. The ______ doesn't have to look like a house.

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

5. Who wrote The Uses of Enchantment?

(see the answer key)

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