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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 in Chapter 3, "To get into the scene late and to get out early is to demonstrate _____ for your audience."
(a) Respect.
(b) Truth.
(c) Honor.
(d) Empathy.

2. Mamet says in Chapter 1 that if the film follows the protagonist around, what he does had better be what?
(a) Interesting.
(b) Narrating.
(c) Heroic.
(d) Active.

3. Screenwriting is a craft based on what?
(a) Logic.
(b) Science.
(c) Narration.
(d) Exposition.

4. In the scenario in Chapter 2, how early did the protagonist arrive to the class?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

5. In what year did Mamet write the Preface of the book?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1988.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Mamet says that the house has to look like a house. The ______ doesn't have to look like a house.

3. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, the only thing the dramatic form is good for is what?

4. In ADR, what does D stand for?

5. Mamet says you should always do things in what way, in order to make the best movie?

(see the answer key)

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