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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. Anytime anyone does what, "that's a counterforce"?
(a) Shows emotion.
(b) Extols empathy.
(c) Tells the truth.
(d) Narrates the back-story.

2. According to Mamet, it is essential to cut that which has what to us?
(a) Explanation.
(b) Narration.
(c) Deep personal meaning.
(d) Emotion.

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

4. The first beat in the hypothetical scene of Chapter 2 was to what?
(a) To prepare.
(b) To pay homage.
(c) To gain respect.
(d) To arrive early.

5. In the scene generated for the class in Chapter 2, what did the protagonist want?
(a) Money.
(b) The students' respect.
(c) To sell a pig.
(d) The teacher's respect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mamet say is the ordering of unrelated events or ideas or images in favor of an overriding preconception?

2. What is the period after you've finished the shot list and before you go into shooting?

3. According to Mamet, when the film is correctly ____, the subconscious and the conscious are in alignment.

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

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

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