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

2. Who said of American films that they were all "pictures of people talking"?
(a) Frank Capra.
(b) Eisenstein.
(c) Herzog.
(d) Alfred Hitchcock.

3. 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 Rule of Circularity.
(b) The Hippo Factor.
(c) The K.I.S.S. Rule.
(d) The Jesus Factor.

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

5. What does Mamet say is a bad idea for the third beat in Chapter 2?
(a) Gaining respect.
(b) Waiting.
(c) Preparing.
(d) Arriving early.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who wrote Memories, Dream, Reflections?

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

(see the answer key)

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