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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Where Do You Put the Camera?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Screenwriting is a craft based on what?
(a) Exposition.
(b) Science.
(c) Logic.
(d) Narration.

2. According to Mamet, storytellers need to be warned against falling into what?
(a) Circularity.
(b) Narration.
(c) Characterization.
(d) Elaboration.

3. In the scenario in Chapter 2, how early did the protagonist arrive to the class?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

4. What is the term Mamet used for the protagonist's ultimate goal in the scene in Chapter 2?
(a) Superobjective.
(b) Action.
(c) Motivation.
(d) Objective.

5. Who directed the film Places in the Heart?
(a) Robert Benton.
(b) Frank Capra.
(c) Alfred Hitchcock.
(d) Werner Herzog.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mamet says that the house has to look like a house. The ______ doesn't have to look like a house.

2. Who told Alice it didn't matter which road she took, as cited by Mamet in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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