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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Pig—The Movie.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the term which refers to the protagonist's immediate goal?
(a) Motivation.
(b) Objective.
(c) Superobjective.
(d) Obstacle.

2. According to Mamet, film directors should all aspire to be what?
(a) Animators.
(b) Actors.
(c) Documentary film-makers.
(d) Play directors.

3. Whose method relies on a succession of images juxtaposed so that the contrast moves the story forward?
(a) Eisenstein.
(b) Einstein.
(c) Morrison.
(d) Capra.

4. The purpose of rehearsal is to tell the actors, beat by beat, what?
(a) The emotions needed.
(b) The objectives.
(c) The characterization.
(d) The actions called for.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the term which means "it works correctly on paper but for some reason doesn't work when we get it on its feet"?

2. Mamet's house was built without what?

3. Who said, "Write the story, take out all the good lines, and see if it still works"?

4. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, "You tax the audience every time you don't move on to _______ of the progression as quickly as possible."

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

(see the answer key)

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