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

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

3. Mamet says in Chapter 1 that if the film follows the protagonist around, what he does had better be what?
(a) Heroic.
(b) Active.
(c) Interesting.
(d) Narrating.

4. Chapter 1 deals with what element of the process of directing?
(a) Narration.
(b) Storytelling.
(c) Structure.
(d) Characterization.

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. Where was Mamet teaching in the fall of 1987?

2. Who wrote Memories, Dream, Reflections?

3. Who wrote The Profession of the Stage?

4. A good writer only gets better by learning to do what, according to Mamet?

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

(see the answer key)

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