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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, storytellers need to be warned against falling into what?
(a) Elaboration.
(b) Characterization.
(c) Circularity.
(d) Narration.

2. The only reason characters speak is what?
(a) To narrate.
(b) To express exposition.
(c) To tell a story.
(d) To get what they want.

3. Mamet says that the greatest lesson in acting is to perform the physical motions of the script, how?
(a) As simply as possible.
(b) As succinctly as possible.
(c) As exact as possible.
(d) As elaborately as possible.

4. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, the film business is caught in a spiral of degeneracy because it is run by people who have no what?
(a) Structure.
(b) Craft.
(c) Compass.
(d) Map.

5. According to Mamet, when the film is correctly ____, the subconscious and the conscious are in alignment.
(a) Planned.
(b) Arranged.
(c) Designed.
(d) Prepared.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet, you always want to tell a story in what?

2. What is the term which means "it works correctly on paper but for some reason doesn't work when we get it on its feet"?

3. Who directed the film Places in the Heart?

4. The movie, more than what, is closer to simple storytelling?

5. Who wrote Memories, Dream, Reflections?

(see the answer key)

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