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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. 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."
(a) American.
(b) Italian.
(c) French.
(d) Japanese.

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

3. What is the term for the screening of the day's shots?
(a) Outtakes.
(b) Cuts.
(c) Dailies.
(d) Screenshots.

4. What kind of camera has helped in injuring the cinema, according to Mamet?
(a) The steadycam.
(b) The dollycam.
(c) The zoomcam.
(d) The digital camera.

5. Eisenstein claimed that the best image is a what image?
(a) Inflected.
(b) Uninflected.
(c) Unattached.
(d) Articulate.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet, film schools are basically what?

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

3. According to Mamet, you always want to tell a story in what?

4. Who wrote Memories, Dream, Reflections?

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

(see the answer key)

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