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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface and Chapter 1: Storytelling.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The smallest unit is the shot; the largest unit is what?
(a) The ending.
(b) The film.
(c) The beat.
(d) The scene.

3. Mamet says in Chapter 1 that it is the __________ that makes the movie. What was he talking about?
(a) Director.
(b) Actor.
(c) Shot.
(d) Plan.

4. Mamet says the audience requires not information, but what?
(a) Narration.
(b) Character.
(c) Exposition.
(d) Drama.

5. The movie, more than what, is closer to simple storytelling?
(a) A memoir.
(b) A play.
(c) A novel.
(d) A television show.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mamet wrote, "Most _____ directors approach it by saying, 'let's follow the actors around,' as if the film were a record of what the protagonist did."

2. In what area did Mamet have greater experience in when writing the book?

3. According to Mamet, most movie scripts are written for an audience of what?

4. How many films had David Mamet directed at the time that the book was written?

5. The purpose of technique is to free the what?

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