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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. All the audience cares about is the what, according to Mamet?
(a) Thrust of the scene.
(b) Objective.
(c) Narration.
(d) Protagonist.

2. Mamet says you should always do things in what way, in order to make the best movie?
(a) The most interesting way.
(b) The most frugal way.
(c) The least interesting way.
(d) The most artistic way.

3. A film is basically what, according to Mamet?
(a) A map.
(b) A design.
(c) A play.
(d) An art form.

4. The second beat of the hypothetical scene in Chapter 2 was to what?
(a) To prepare.
(b) To arrive early.
(c) To gain respect.
(d) To pay homage.

5. Who did Mamet cite in saying that we needn't avoid things just because they're cliche?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Eisenstein.
(c) Stanislavsky.
(d) Aristotle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The first beat in the hypothetical scene of Chapter 2 was to what?

3. Mamet says in Chapter 1 that if the film follows the protagonist around, what he does had better be what?

4. What unit does the director want to concern himself with?

5. According to Mamet, he lived in a house that was how many years old at the time this book was written?

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