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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) Narration.
(b) Exposition.
(c) Science.
(d) Logic.

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

3. According to Mamet, you always want to tell a story in what?
(a) Narration.
(b) Shots.
(c) Character.
(d) Cuts.

4. Who wrote Memories, Dream, Reflections?
(a) Bruno Bettelheim.
(b) Constantin Stanislavsky.
(c) Carl Jung.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

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

2. Whose method relies on a succession of images juxtaposed so that the contrast moves the story forward?

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

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

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

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