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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. What is the term for the thing which stands in the way of the protagonist?
(a) Conflict.
(b) Action.
(c) Objective.
(d) Obstacle.

2. Sometimes, Mamet says in Chapter 3, the piece (film) will do what?
(a) Fight back against you.
(b) Work with you.
(c) Create roadblocks.
(d) Create impediments.

3. Who did Mamet cite in saying that we needn't avoid things just because they're cliche?
(a) Stanislavsky.
(b) Eisenstein.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Aristotle.

4. Eisenstein claimed that the best image is a what image?
(a) Inflected.
(b) Uninflected.
(c) Unattached.
(d) Articulate.

5. Chair makers, until the turn of the century, made their chairs without what?
(a) Crossbars.
(b) Nails.
(c) Beams.
(d) Glue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "Write the story, take out all the good lines, and see if it still works"?

2. What is the book of pictures of shots of a film called?

3. Mamet wrote, "Most _____ directors approach it by saying, 'let's follow the actors around,' as if the film were a record of what the protagonist did."

4. In ADR, what does D stand for?

5. What was the third beat about in the hypothetical film in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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