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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 is the term which refers to the protagonist's immediate goal?
(a) Objective.
(b) Superobjective.
(c) Motivation.
(d) Obstacle.

2. Who said that the point is what happens to he hero, not what happens to the writer?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Plato.

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

4. Who told Alice it didn't matter which road she took, as cited by Mamet in Chapter 2?
(a) The Mad Hatter.
(b) The Caterpillar.
(c) The Rabbit.
(d) The Cheshire Cat.

5. What do actors erroneously try to use their intellectuality to do?
(a) Portray the idea of a movie.
(b) Show the ending in the scene.
(c) Create subdramas.
(d) Portray a sense of character.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mamet says in Chapter 1 that it is the __________ that makes the movie. What was he talking about?

2. In the scene generated for the class in Chapter 2, what did the protagonist want?

3. What does David Mamet say that the answer to all of the tedious actor questions is?

4. Mamet says that if you are telling the story with pictures, the dialogue is the sprinkles on the what?

5. The purpose of technique is to free the what?

(see the answer key)

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