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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, he lived in a house that was how many years old at the time this book was written?
(a) 10.
(b) 50.
(c) 100.
(d) 200.

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

3. Mamet made the analogy in Chapter 4, "if the house is going to stand, the nail must do the work of ____."
(a) A hammer.
(b) A slat.
(c) A beam.
(d) A nail.

4. Screenwriting is a craft based on what?
(a) Narration.
(b) Science.
(c) Logic.
(d) Exposition.

5. What is the term which refers to the protagonist's immediate goal?
(a) Superobjective.
(b) Motivation.
(c) Obstacle.
(d) Objective.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do actors erroneously try to use their intellectuality to do?

2. Mamet says in Chapter 4 that movies are made out of what?

3. What term means a filmmaker, usually a director, who exercises creative control over his or her works and has a strong personal style?

4. What is the term for the thing which stands in the way of the protagonist?

5. Who said that the point is what happens to he hero, not what happens to the writer?

(see the answer key)

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