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

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

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

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

5. Where was Mamet teaching in the fall of 1987?
(a) NYU.
(b) Rutgers University.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Yale.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many films had David Mamet directed at the time that the book was written?

3. Who wrote The Profession of the Stage?

4. According to Mamet, storytellers need to be warned against falling into what?

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

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