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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, what actor did he laud for his simplicity in a scene which involved the Nazis, in Chapter 4?
(a) James Stewart.
(b) Humphrey Bogart.
(c) Clifton Hayes.
(d) Carey Grant.

2. How many films had David Mamet directed at the time that the book was written?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

3. Anytime anyone does what, "that's a counterforce"?
(a) Extols empathy.
(b) Tells the truth.
(c) Narrates the back-story.
(d) Shows emotion.

4. After how many takes does Mamet say you can no longer remember what the scene was about, in Chapter 4?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Ten.

5. What example did Mamet use in Chapter 4 to demonstrate how you don't or do shoot a scene?
(a) A car crash.
(b) A documentary.
(c) A pig farmer.
(d) A cartoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet, film directors should all aspire to be what?

2. According to Mamet, "In film or in the street, people who describe themselves to you are" what?

3. According to Mamet, you always want to tell a story in what?

4. According to Mamet, it is essential to cut that which has what to us?

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

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