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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. Eisenstein claimed that the best image is a what image?
(a) Inflected.
(b) Unattached.
(c) Articulate.
(d) Uninflected.

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

3. The newspaper reviewer criticized an author for attempting screenwriting because he was nearly what?
(a) Blind.
(b) Deaf.
(c) Illiterate.
(d) Paralyzed.

4. 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.

5. According to Mamet, you can't rely on the ________ to tell the story. Which of these is the correct answer?
(a) Shots.
(b) Beats.
(c) Acting.
(d) Direction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Profession of the Stage?

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

3. Where was Mamet teaching in the fall of 1987?

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

5. 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."

(see the answer key)

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