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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. Who said that the point is what happens to he hero, not what happens to the writer?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Sophocles.
(c) Plato.
(d) Aristotle.

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

3. In what year did Mamet write the Preface of the book?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1990.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What unit does the director want to concern himself with?

3. Mamet says in Chapter 1 that it is the __________ that makes the movie. What was he talking about?

4. Who wrote The Profession of the Stage?

5. Who said, "Write the story, take out all the good lines, and see if it still works"?

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