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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Countercultural Architecture and Dramatic Structure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the period after you've finished the shot list and before you go into shooting?
(a) Preptime.
(b) Postproduction.
(c) Preproduction.
(d) Designer Meetings.

2. What does Mamet say happens when the problem posited by the scene is over?
(a) The objective is attained.
(b) The scene is over.
(c) The next scene begins.
(d) The film is over.

3. Sometimes, Mamet says in Chapter 3, the piece (film) will do what?
(a) Create impediments.
(b) Create roadblocks.
(c) Fight back against you.
(d) Work with you.

4. According to Mamet, what was his response to "lovely enthusiasts who will aver that the purpose of modern art is not to be liked"?
(a) "Learn a craft."
(b) "Oh, grow up."
(c) "Let's get it over with."
(d) "Get a life."

5. According to Mamet, film directors should all aspire to be what?
(a) Animators.
(b) Actors.
(c) Play directors.
(d) Documentary film-makers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Memories, Dream, Reflections?

2. In the scenario in Chapter 2, how early did the protagonist arrive to the class?

3. According to Mamet, the storyteller did NOT need something in Chapter 2. What was it?

4. The newspaper reviewer criticized an author for attempting screenwriting because he was nearly what?

5. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, the film business is caught in a spiral of degeneracy because it is run by people who have no what?

(see the answer key)

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