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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. Counterculture architecture was based on designing buildings based on what?
(a) The natural surroundings.
(b) The setting.
(c) The weather.
(d) How the architect felt.

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

3. According to Mamet, he's seen directors do how many takes of a shot?
(a) Seventy.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Sixty.

4. Who did Mamet cite in saying that we needn't avoid things just because they're cliche?
(a) Eisenstein.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Stanislavsky.

5. According to Mamet, most actors in film and stage today are what?
(a) Badly trained.
(b) Too self-absorbed.
(c) Well trained.
(d) Too edgy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the farmer go in the town in the hypothetical film of Chapter 5?

3. According to Mamet, film schools are basically what?

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

5. What is the term for the thing which stands in the way of the protagonist?

(see the answer key)

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