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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 did the farmer do in Mamet's version of the ending in Chapter 5?
(a) Sold the goat.
(b) Bought a second pig.
(c) Sold the pig.
(d) Bought feed for the pig.

2. In the scene generated for the class in Chapter 2, what did the protagonist want?
(a) Money.
(b) To sell a pig.
(c) The teacher's respect.
(d) The students' respect.

3. What is the term which means "it works correctly on paper but for some reason doesn't work when we get it on its feet"?
(a) The K.I.S.S. Rule.
(b) The Jesus Factor.
(c) The Hippo Factor.
(d) The Rule of Circularity.

4. According to Mamet, what do actors talk about, which does not exist on the stage?
(a) Character.
(b) Obstacle.
(c) Motivation.
(d) Arc of the film.

5. What logical construct did Mamet use to explain the system of film-making in Chapter 3?
(a) A plus B is C.
(b) If A, then C.
(c) If A, then B.
(d) N plus R is P.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Mamet go to college?

3. Mamet says the reason we like those old-time movie stars so much is that they are what?

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

5. Who said that the point is what happens to he hero, not what happens to the writer?

(see the answer key)

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