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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. What was the reason for the beginning of Oedipus Rex?
(a) The plague.
(b) Oedipus' father dying.
(c) The onset of war.
(d) Oedipus' mother dying.

2. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, "To get into the scene late and to get out early is to demonstrate _____ for your audience."
(a) Honor.
(b) Respect.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Truth.

3. What term means a filmmaker, usually a director, who exercises creative control over his or her works and has a strong personal style?
(a) Artiste.
(b) Collaborator.
(c) Auteur.
(d) Creator.

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

5. What is the main shot of any given scene?
(a) The focus.
(b) The master.
(c) The main.
(d) The principle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mamet say is a bad idea for the third beat in Chapter 2?

2. According to Mamet, he's seen directors do how many takes of a shot?

3. What does Mamet say that the people in Hollywood don't have, in Chapter 5?

4. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, "In addition to what you will or not learn about the medium through your desire to understand it, that desire itself will be ______."

5. Mamet says that the perfect movie doesn't have any what?

(see the answer key)

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