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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. All the audience cares about is the what, according to Mamet?
(a) Objective.
(b) Thrust of the scene.
(c) Narration.
(d) Protagonist.

2. Mamet says you should always do things in what way, in order to make the best movie?
(a) The most interesting way.
(b) The least interesting way.
(c) The most frugal way.
(d) The most artistic way.

3. According to Mamet, what do actors talk about, which does not exist on the stage?
(a) Motivation.
(b) Arc of the film.
(c) Obstacle.
(d) Character.

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

5. Using the example the class previously created, in Chapter 4, what is the meaning of the beat?
(a) To get a retraction.
(b) To gain respect.
(c) To prepare.
(d) To arrive early.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet, film schools are basically what?

2. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, "You tax the audience every time you don't move on to _______ of the progression as quickly as possible."

3. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, "In addition to what you will or not learn about the medium through your desire to understand it, that desire itself will be ______."

4. Mamet says that when he was young, actors spent how many years on stage earning a living by the time they were thirty?

5. What is the subheading of Chapter 4?

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