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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Where Do You Put the Camera?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mamet says in Chapter 1 that it is the __________ that makes the movie. What was he talking about?
(a) Actor.
(b) Director.
(c) Shot.
(d) Plan.

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

3. In the scene generated for the class in Chapter 2, what did the protagonist want?
(a) Money.
(b) The teacher's respect.
(c) The students' respect.
(d) To sell a pig.

4. Mamet says you should always do things in what way, in order to make the best movie?
(a) The least interesting way.
(b) The most frugal way.
(c) The most interesting way.
(d) The most artistic way.

5. According to Mamet, it is essential to cut that which has what to us?
(a) Narration.
(b) Explanation.
(c) Deep personal meaning.
(d) Emotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose method relies on a succession of images juxtaposed so that the contrast moves the story forward?

2. Where was Mamet teaching in the fall of 1987?

3. Screenwriting is a craft based on what?

4. What is the term for the thing which stands in the way of the protagonist?

5. In Chapter 2, Mamet says that it's impossible to make a character what?

(see the answer key)

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