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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 does Mamet say is useless filler in film, and the giveaway to a joke's punch line, in Chapter 5?
(a) Exposition.
(b) Drama.
(c) Obstacle.
(d) Signposts.

2. Who wrote The Uses of Enchantment?
(a) Bruno Bettelheim.
(b) Carl Jung.
(c) Werner Herzog.
(d) Bruno Eisenstein.

3. 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."
(a) The MacGuffin.
(b) The action.
(c) The next essential step.
(d) The essential truth.

4. What craft did Mamet say he does sometimes in Chapter 3?
(a) Paints.
(b) Carves wood.
(c) Sculpts.
(d) Writes poetry.

5. What does Mamet say most modern art is based around?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Political reasons.
(c) Self-indulgence.
(d) Creativity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the impetus for the beginning of Citizen Kane?

2. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, "To get into the scene late and to get out early is to demonstrate _____ for your audience."

3. According to Mamet, it is essential to cut that which has what to us?

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

5. What was the reason for the beginning of Oedipus Rex?

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