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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, the storyteller did NOT need something in Chapter 2. What was it?
(a) Back-story.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Entropy.
(d) Characterization.

2. Who directed the film Places in the Heart?
(a) Werner Herzog.
(b) Alfred Hitchcock.
(c) Robert Benton.
(d) Frank Capra.

3. Who directed Casablanca?
(a) Milton Gladstone.
(b) Miles Herzog.
(c) Michael Curtiz.
(d) Frank Capra.

4. What is the book of pictures of shots of a film called?
(a) The book.
(b) The storyboard.
(c) The set design.
(d) The prompt book.

5. What are after-the-fact attempts to shore up that which was not correctly designed in a film?
(a) Signs.
(b) Narration.
(c) Exposition.
(d) Editing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mamet say is a bad idea for the third beat in Chapter 2?

2. In what year did Mamet write the Preface of the book?

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

4. According to Mamet, what actor did he laud for his simplicity in a scene which involved the Nazis, in Chapter 4?

5. Mamet says that it's not the actor's job to be emotional. It's the actor's job to be what?

(see the answer key)

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