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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. Mamet's house was built without what?
(a) Brick.
(b) Metal.
(c) Wood.
(d) Nails.

2. Mamet says that if you are telling the story with pictures, the dialogue is the sprinkles on the what?
(a) Ice cream cone.
(b) Cupcake.
(c) Cake.
(d) Icing.

3. The second beat of the hypothetical scene in Chapter 2 was to what?
(a) To prepare.
(b) To arrive early.
(c) To gain respect.
(d) To pay homage.

4. Where did Mamet go to college?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York.
(c) Vermont.
(d) Maine.

5. What unit does the director want to concern himself with?
(a) The beat.
(b) The film.
(c) The scene.
(d) The shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who directed Casablanca?

2. Who said, "Write the story, take out all the good lines, and see if it still works"?

3. Counterculture architecture was based on designing buildings based on what?

4. What is Dumbo's problem, according to Mamet?

5. What was Hitchcock's phrase for the thing which the protagonist is chasing?

(see the answer key)

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