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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 made the analogy in Chapter 4, "if the house is going to stand, the nail must do the work of ____."
(a) A hammer.
(b) A beam.
(c) A slat.
(d) A nail.

2. The newspaper reviewer criticized an author for attempting screenwriting because he was nearly what?
(a) Paralyzed.
(b) Blind.
(c) Illiterate.
(d) Deaf.

3. What is a progression toward the simplest, most ordered state, according to Mamet in Chapter 2?
(a) Entropy.
(b) Streamlining.
(c) Examination.
(d) Delineation.

4. What is the main shot of any given scene?
(a) The master.
(b) The main.
(c) The principle.
(d) The focus.

5. Mamet says that when he was young, actors spent how many years on stage earning a living by the time they were thirty?
(a) Eight.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. After how many takes does Mamet say you can no longer remember what the scene was about, in Chapter 4?

2. What does Mamet say that the people in Hollywood don't have, in Chapter 5?

3. Mamet says the reason we like those old-time movie stars so much is that they are what?

4. What is the term which refers to the protagonist's immediate goal?

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

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