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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, storytellers need to be warned against falling into what?
(a) Elaboration.
(b) Narration.
(c) Circularity.
(d) Characterization.

2. In ADR, what does D stand for?
(a) Drive.
(b) Dialogue.
(c) Dictation.
(d) Density.

3. Who directed the film Places in the Heart?
(a) Alfred Hitchcock.
(b) Werner Herzog.
(c) Frank Capra.
(d) Robert Benton.

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

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

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. What is the term Mamet used for the protagonist's ultimate goal in the scene in Chapter 2?

3. What craft did Mamet say he does sometimes in Chapter 3?

4. According to Mamet, it is essential to cut that which has what to us?

5. A film is basically what, according to Mamet?

(see the answer key)

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