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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. After how many takes does Mamet say you can no longer remember what the scene was about, in Chapter 4?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Ten.

2. Once the story has found an ending, Mamet says you can look back over the shot list and answer what question?
(a) What have I left out?
(b) What can I add to the character?
(c) What is the story?
(d) What objectives are missing?

3. What is the period after you've finished the shot list and before you go into shooting?
(a) Postproduction.
(b) Preptime.
(c) Preproduction.
(d) Designer Meetings.

4. What is the term for the screening of the day's shots?
(a) Screenshots.
(b) Cuts.
(c) Outtakes.
(d) Dailies.

5. Mamet says in Chapter 4 that a lot of the decisions you think are going to be arbitrary are arrived at through the what?
(a) Consciousness.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Unconscious.
(d) Subconscious.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to Mamet in Chapter 5, why did Oedipus have to find out who his parents were?

4. Mamet says that you cannot hide your what, in Chapter 3?

5. Counterculture architecture was based on designing buildings based on what?

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