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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. What kind of camera has helped in injuring the cinema, according to Mamet?
(a) The digital camera.
(b) The zoomcam.
(c) The steadycam.
(d) The dollycam.

2. Mamet says the audience requires not information, but what?
(a) Narration.
(b) Drama.
(c) Character.
(d) Exposition.

3. Mamet says that the house has to look like a house. The ______ doesn't have to look like a house.
(a) The window.
(b) The steps.
(c) The door.
(d) Nail.

4. Who wrote The Profession of the Stage?
(a) Georgi Tovstonogov.
(b) Andreas Tovstonogov.
(c) Constantin Stanislavski.
(d) Michael Chekhov.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. A good writer only gets better by learning to do what, according to Mamet?

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

(see the answer key)

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