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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. According to Mamet, you can't rely on the ________ to tell the story. Which of these is the correct answer?
(a) Beats.
(b) Direction.
(c) Acting.
(d) Shots.

2. What does Mamet say is a bad idea for the third beat in Chapter 2?
(a) Waiting.
(b) Arriving early.
(c) Gaining respect.
(d) Preparing.

3. Whose method relies on a succession of images juxtaposed so that the contrast moves the story forward?
(a) Morrison.
(b) Eisenstein.
(c) Capra.
(d) Einstein.

4. The smallest unit is the shot; the largest unit is what?
(a) The film.
(b) The ending.
(c) The beat.
(d) The scene.

5. Who wrote Memories, Dream, Reflections?
(a) Carl Jung.
(b) Sigmund Freud.
(c) Constantin Stanislavsky.
(d) Bruno Bettelheim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do you refer to when giving direction to the actor or the cameraman?

2. What does Mamet say happens when the problem posited by the scene is over?

3. The purpose of rehearsal is to tell the actors, beat by beat, what?

4. In the scenario in Chapter 2, how early did the protagonist arrive to the class?

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

(see the answer key)

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