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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Pig—The Movie.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Chair makers, until the turn of the century, made their chairs without what?
(a) Glue.
(b) Beams.
(c) Nails.
(d) Crossbars.

3. What does Mamet say that the people in Hollywood don't have, in Chapter 5?
(a) Seriousness.
(b) Education.
(c) Money.
(d) Souls.

4. What is the term for the thing which stands in the way of the protagonist?
(a) Obstacle.
(b) Action.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Objective.

5. Mamet says that you cannot hide your what, in Chapter 3?
(a) Action.
(b) Objective.
(c) Outline.
(d) Structure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of camera has helped in injuring the cinema, according to Mamet?

2. Who characterized the notion of "judge of yourself"?

3. Screenwriting is a craft based on what?

4. Who wrote The Uses of Enchantment?

5. According to Mamet, the director is seen as what kind of extension of the screenwriter?

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