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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: The Tasks of the Director.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Counterculture architecture was based on designing buildings based on what?
(a) The weather.
(b) The setting.
(c) The natural surroundings.
(d) How the architect felt.

2. Who wrote Memories, Dream, Reflections?
(a) Carl Jung.
(b) Constantin Stanislavsky.
(c) Bruno Bettelheim.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

3. In Chapter 2, Mamet says that it's impossible to make a character what?
(a) Carry a scene.
(b) Relatable to everyone.
(c) Narrate a story.
(d) Interesting in general.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The smallest unit is the shot; the largest unit is what?

2. According to Mamet, storytellers need to be warned against falling into what?

3. Screenwriting is a craft based on what?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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