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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: The Tasks of the Director.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Hitchcock's phrase for the thing which the protagonist is chasing?
(a) MacGriffin.
(b) Objective.
(c) MacDufflin.
(d) MacGuffin.

2. Mamet says in Chapter 1 that if the film follows the protagonist around, what he does had better be what?
(a) Interesting.
(b) Active.
(c) Heroic.
(d) Narrating.

3. What is a progression toward the simplest, most ordered state, according to Mamet in Chapter 2?
(a) Examination.
(b) Delineation.
(c) Streamlining.
(d) Entropy.

4. A film is basically what, according to Mamet?
(a) A map.
(b) A design.
(c) An art form.
(d) A play.

5. What is the period after you've finished the shot list and before you go into shooting?
(a) Designer Meetings.
(b) Postproduction.
(c) Preproduction.
(d) Preptime.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet, what was his response to "lovely enthusiasts who will aver that the purpose of modern art is not to be liked"?

2. Using the example the class previously created, in Chapter 4, what is the meaning of the beat?

3. What unit does the director want to concern himself with?

4. Where did Mamet go to college?

5. What is the book of pictures of shots of a film called?

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