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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 unit does the director want to concern himself with?
(a) The beat.
(b) The film.
(c) The shot.
(d) The scene.

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

3. Who said the following: when we have two theories, each of which adequately describes a phenomenon, always pick the simpler?
(a) Eisenstein.
(b) William of Occam.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Aristotle.

4. Mamet says that the greatest lesson in acting is to perform the physical motions of the script, how?
(a) As exact as possible.
(b) As simply as possible.
(c) As succinctly as possible.
(d) As elaborately as possible.

5. Mamet cited Aristotle in saying there is no such thing as what?
(a) A happy ending.
(b) Plot.
(c) Character.
(d) A tragic ending.

Short Answer Questions

1. The newspaper reviewer criticized an author for attempting screenwriting because he was nearly what?

2. Mamet made the analogy in Chapter 4, "if the house is going to stand, the nail must do the work of ____."

3. The only reason characters speak is what?

4. What was Hitchcock's phrase for the thing which the protagonist is chasing?

5. What craft did Mamet say he does sometimes in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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