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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 logical construct did Mamet use to explain the system of film-making in Chapter 3?
(a) A plus B is C.
(b) If A, then B.
(c) If A, then C.
(d) N plus R is P.

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

3. What was the third beat about in the hypothetical film in Chapter 2?
(a) Waiting.
(b) Respect.
(c) Homage.
(d) Preparing.

4. What does Mamet say is the ordering of unrelated events or ideas or images in favor of an overriding preconception?
(a) Articulation.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Neurosis.
(d) Apathy.

5. Mamet says in Chapter 3 that it is the nature of human perception to go to what?
(a) The most interesting thing.
(b) The back-story.
(c) The MacGuffin.
(d) The protagonist.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet, what do actors talk about, which does not exist on the stage?

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

3. What is the term Mamet used for the protagonist's ultimate goal in the scene in Chapter 2?

4. Mamet says the audience requires not information, but what?

5. What do you refer to when giving direction to the actor or the cameraman?

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