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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) Aristotle.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Plato.

2. The purpose of technique is to free the what?
(a) Unconscious.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Conscious mind.
(d) Dream life.

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

4. How many films had David Mamet directed at the time that the book was written?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Screenwriting is a craft based on what?

3. Mamet says the audience requires not information, but what?

4. What kind of camera has helped in injuring the cinema, according to Mamet?

5. According to Mamet, film directors should all aspire to be what?

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