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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 does Mamet say is the ordering of unrelated events or ideas or images in favor of an overriding preconception?
(a) Articulation.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Neurosis.
(d) Apathy.

2. What is the term which refers to the protagonist's immediate goal?
(a) Superobjective.
(b) Motivation.
(c) Obstacle.
(d) Objective.

3. According to Mamet, the storyteller did NOT need something in Chapter 2. What was it?
(a) Back-story.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Entropy.
(d) Characterization.

4. What is another term for "looping"?
(a) Voiceover.
(b) Editing.
(c) Steadicam.
(d) ADR.

5. According to Mamet, the director is seen as what kind of extension of the screenwriter?
(a) Creative.
(b) Dionysian.
(c) Scientific.
(d) Artistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mamet cited Aristotle in saying there is no such thing as what?

2. All the audience cares about is the what, according to Mamet?

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

4. Sometimes, Mamet says in Chapter 3, the piece (film) will do what?

5. Who told Alice it didn't matter which road she took, as cited by Mamet in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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