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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 in Chapter 3, the only thing the dramatic form is good for is what?
(a) Political gain.
(b) Character creation.
(c) Artistic expression.
(d) Telling a story.

2. The newspaper reviewer criticized an author for attempting screenwriting because he was nearly what?
(a) Blind.
(b) Illiterate.
(c) Paralyzed.
(d) Deaf.

3. What is the first way suggested by students in the class for shooting a scene of a bunch of people coming to class?
(a) From above.
(b) At head level.
(c) From below.
(d) As a closeup.

4. Who told Alice it didn't matter which road she took, as cited by Mamet in Chapter 2?
(a) The Caterpillar.
(b) The Rabbit.
(c) The Mad Hatter.
(d) The Cheshire Cat.

5. What, according to Mamet, is the answer to, "Where do we put the camera?"
(a) In an interesting angle.
(b) On the floor.
(c) Here.
(d) Over there.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet, the director is seen as what kind of extension of the screenwriter?

2. What example did Mamet use in Chapter 4 to demonstrate how you don't or do shoot a scene?

3. According to Mamet, "In film or in the street, people who describe themselves to you are" what?

4. Chapter 1 deals with what element of the process of directing?

5. Using the example the class previously created, in Chapter 4, what is the meaning of the beat?

(see the answer key)

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