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

2. A film is basically what, according to Mamet?
(a) A design.
(b) An art form.
(c) A map.
(d) A play.

3. What does Mamet say happens when the problem posited by the scene is over?
(a) The scene is over.
(b) The next scene begins.
(c) The objective is attained.
(d) The film is over.

4. What is the subheading of Chapter 4?
(a) Pig - The Movie.
(b) What to Tell the Actors and Where to Put the Camera.
(c) Where Do You Put the Camera?
(d) Storytelling.

5. What does Mamet say that he defies anyone to act in Chapter 4?
(a) Their height.
(b) Where they came from.
(c) Their obstacle.
(d) Their motivation.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet, film directors should all aspire to be what?

2. Who said of American films that they were all "pictures of people talking"?

3. The only reason characters speak is what?

4. According to Mamet, he lived in a house that was how many years old at the time this book was written?

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

(see the answer key)

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