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

2. According to Mamet, the director is seen as what kind of extension of the screenwriter?
(a) Creative.
(b) Scientific.
(c) Dionysian.
(d) Artistic.

3. According to Mamet, the storyteller did NOT need something in Chapter 2. What was it?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Entropy.
(c) Back-story.
(d) Characterization.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet, it is essential to cut that which has what to us?

2. The purpose of technique is to free the what?

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

4. Eisenstein claimed that the best image is a what image?

5. According to Mamet, you can't rely on the ________ to tell the story. Which of these is the correct answer?

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