1. Who said, "Write the story, take out all the good lines, and see if it still works"?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Stanislavski.
(c) Chekhov.
(d) Fitzgerald.

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

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

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

5. What is the term which means "it works correctly on paper but for some reason doesn't work when we get it on its feet"?
(a) The Hippo Factor.
(b) The K.I.S.S. Rule.
(c) The Jesus Factor.
(d) The Rule of Circularity.

Short Answer 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."

2. Who said of American films that they were all "pictures of people talking"?

3. In the scene generated for the class in Chapter 2, what did the protagonist want?

4. Who wrote The Profession of the Stage?

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

(see the answer key)

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