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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. According to Mamet, you always want to tell a story in what?
(a) Shots.
(b) Character.
(c) Cuts.
(d) Narration.

2. The purpose of technique is to free the what?
(a) Creativity.
(b) Unconscious.
(c) Conscious mind.
(d) Dream life.

3. The movie, more than what, is closer to simple storytelling?
(a) A play.
(b) A memoir.
(c) A novel.
(d) A television show.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the term Mamet used for the protagonist's ultimate goal in the scene in Chapter 2?

2. Mamet cited Aristotle in saying there is no such thing as what?

3. Who said that the point is what happens to he hero, not what happens to the writer?

4. According to Mamet, storytellers need to be warned against falling into what?

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

(see the answer key)

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