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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. Mamet says the audience requires not information, but what?
(a) Exposition.
(b) Narration.
(c) Character.
(d) Drama.

2. In the scene generated for the class in Chapter 2, what did the protagonist want?
(a) To sell a pig.
(b) The teacher's respect.
(c) The students' respect.
(d) Money.

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

4. What is a progression toward the simplest, most ordered state, according to Mamet in Chapter 2?
(a) Delineation.
(b) Entropy.
(c) Streamlining.
(d) Examination.

5. The purpose of technique is to free the what?
(a) Dream life.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Unconscious.
(d) Conscious mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, "To get into the scene late and to get out early is to demonstrate _____ for your audience."

2. Who said, "Write the story, take out all the good lines, and see if it still works"?

3. What is the period after you've finished the shot list and before you go into shooting?

4. What is the first way suggested by students in the class for shooting a scene of a bunch of people coming to class?

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

(see the answer key)

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