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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. According to Mamet, you can't rely on the ________ to tell the story. Which of these is the correct answer?
(a) Beats.
(b) Shots.
(c) Direction.
(d) Acting.

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

3. A good writer only gets better by learning to do what, according to Mamet?
(a) Cut.
(b) Narrate.
(c) Flesh out stories.
(d) Create characters.

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

5. Who said, "Write the story, take out all the good lines, and see if it still works"?
(a) Chekhov.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Stanislavski.
(d) Fitzgerald.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to Mamet, is the answer to, "Where do we put the camera?"

2. What is the book of pictures of shots of a film called?

3. The only reason characters speak is what?

4. In ADR, what does D stand for?

5. According to Mamet, what do actors talk about, which does not exist on the stage?

(see the answer key)

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