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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. Mamet says that if you are telling the story with pictures, the dialogue is the sprinkles on the what?
(a) Icing.
(b) Cupcake.
(c) Ice cream cone.
(d) Cake.

2. What, according to Mamet, is the answer to, "Where do we put the camera?"
(a) On the floor.
(b) Over there.
(c) In an interesting angle.
(d) Here.

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

4. When the farmer saw the man on the road, how did Mamet refer to this beat?
(a) Capitalizing on a golden opportunity.
(b) Gaining respect.
(c) Selling the animal.
(d) Gaining a foothold.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Mamet compare with Frank Capra in Chapter 3?

2. What was in the pen in the ending of the story in Chapter 5?

3. The second beat of the hypothetical scene in Chapter 2 was to what?

4. What is a progression toward the simplest, most ordered state, according to Mamet in Chapter 2?

5. Who wrote The Profession of the Stage?

(see the answer key)

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