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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. 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 objectives are missing?
(c) What can I add to the character?
(d) What is the story?

2. Mamet cited Aristotle in saying there is no such thing as what?
(a) Plot.
(b) A tragic ending.
(c) Character.
(d) A happy ending.

3. According to Mamet, what actor did he laud for his simplicity in a scene which involved the Nazis, in Chapter 4?
(a) Clifton Hayes.
(b) Humphrey Bogart.
(c) James Stewart.
(d) Carey Grant.

4. Counterculture architecture was based on designing buildings based on what?
(a) How the architect felt.
(b) The setting.
(c) The natural surroundings.
(d) The weather.

5. Screenwriting is a craft based on what?
(a) Science.
(b) Narration.
(c) Exposition.
(d) Logic.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, the hypothetical film Mamet worked on with the students involved a farmer selling what?

2. In the scenario in Chapter 2, how early did the protagonist arrive to the class?

3. Who directed Casablanca?

4. Mamet says the audience requires not information, but what?

5. The only reason characters speak is what?

(see the answer key)

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