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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. Who said the following: when we have two theories, each of which adequately describes a phenomenon, always pick the simpler?
(a) Eisenstein.
(b) William of Occam.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Aristotle.

2. What is Dumbo's problem, according to Mamet?
(a) He has big ears.
(b) He can't fly.
(c) He lost his feather.
(d) He has low self-esteem.

3. The movie, more than what, is closer to simple storytelling?
(a) A play.
(b) A memoir.
(c) A television show.
(d) A novel.

4. According to Mamet in Chapter 4, "If you don't know what you want, how can you know when _____?"
(a) To edit.
(b) To stop.
(c) To begin.
(d) You're done.

5. 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 frugal way.
(c) The most artistic way.
(d) The most interesting way.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said of American films that they were all "pictures of people talking"?

2. In what year did Mamet write the Preface of the book?

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

4. According to Mamet, film directors should all aspire to be what?

5. According to Mamet, he lived in a house that was how many years old at the time this book was written?

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