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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. What unit does the director want to concern himself with?
(a) The scene.
(b) The beat.
(c) The shot.
(d) The film.

2. According to Mamet, the director is seen as what kind of extension of the screenwriter?
(a) Scientific.
(b) Artistic.
(c) Dionysian.
(d) Creative.

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

4. Who wrote The Profession of the Stage?
(a) Andreas Tovstonogov.
(b) Constantin Stanislavski.
(c) Georgi Tovstonogov.
(d) Michael Chekhov.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The newspaper reviewer criticized an author for attempting screenwriting because he was nearly what?

2. In what year did Mamet write the Preface of the book?

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

4. The smallest unit is the shot; the largest unit is what?

5. Mamet says in Chapter 1 that if the film follows the protagonist around, what he does had better be what?

(see the answer key)

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