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

2. Who told Alice it didn't matter which road she took, as cited by Mamet in Chapter 2?
(a) The Mad Hatter.
(b) The Rabbit.
(c) The Cheshire Cat.
(d) The Caterpillar.

3. What is the first way suggested by students in the class for shooting a scene of a bunch of people coming to class?
(a) From below.
(b) As a closeup.
(c) At head level.
(d) From above.

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

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

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

3. What is the term for the thing which stands in the way of the protagonist?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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