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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. Mamet says in Chapter 4 that a lot of the decisions you think are going to be arbitrary are arrived at through the what?
(a) Unconscious.
(b) Subconscious.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Consciousness.

2. Mamet says that you cannot hide your what, in Chapter 3?
(a) Outline.
(b) Objective.
(c) Action.
(d) Structure.

3. Mamet says the audience requires not information, but what?
(a) Drama.
(b) Exposition.
(c) Character.
(d) Narration.

4. In what area did Mamet have greater experience in when writing the book?
(a) Film criticism.
(b) Acting.
(c) Stage directing.
(d) Screenwriting.

5. Eisenstein claimed that the best image is a what image?
(a) Uninflected.
(b) Unattached.
(c) Articulate.
(d) Inflected.

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

3. What was the third beat about in the hypothetical film in Chapter 2?

4. Who said, "Write the story, take out all the good lines, and see if it still works"?

5. Mamet says that if you are telling the story with pictures, the dialogue is the sprinkles on the what?

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