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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. According to Mamet, most movie scripts are written for an audience of what?
(a) Actors.
(b) Studio executives.
(c) Directors.
(d) Cinematographers.

2. Who wrote The Uses of Enchantment?
(a) Bruno Eisenstein.
(b) Carl Jung.
(c) Bruno Bettelheim.
(d) Werner Herzog.

3. What was Hitchcock's phrase for the thing which the protagonist is chasing?
(a) MacGriffin.
(b) MacDufflin.
(c) MacGuffin.
(d) Objective.

4. Mamet says in Chapter 3 that it is the nature of human perception to go to what?
(a) The MacGuffin.
(b) The most interesting thing.
(c) The protagonist.
(d) The back-story.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Mamet, the director is seen as what kind of extension of the screenwriter?

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

4. In what area did Mamet have greater experience in when writing the book?

5. Eisenstein claimed that the best image is a what image?

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