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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. After how many takes does Mamet say you can no longer remember what the scene was about, in Chapter 4?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

2. According to Mamet, it is essential to cut that which has what to us?
(a) Explanation.
(b) Deep personal meaning.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Narration.

3. Mamet says that the greatest lesson in acting is to perform the physical motions of the script, how?
(a) As simply as possible.
(b) As exact as possible.
(c) As elaborately as possible.
(d) As succinctly as possible.

4. Mamet says that the house has to look like a house. The ______ doesn't have to look like a house.
(a) Nail.
(b) The window.
(c) The steps.
(d) The door.

5. According to Mamet at the end of Chapter 5, "Anybody with a _____ can take a picture of a 'pig.'"
(a) Imagination.
(b) Brownie.
(c) Camera.
(d) Steadicam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mamet say happens when the problem posited by the scene is over?

2. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, "You tax the audience every time you don't move on to _______ of the progression as quickly as possible."

3. Chair makers, until the turn of the century, made their chairs without what?

4. What does Mamet say that the people in Hollywood don't have, in Chapter 5?

5. According to Mamet in Chapter 5, why did Oedipus have to find out who his parents were?

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