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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapater 6: Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mamet wrote, "Most _____ directors approach it by saying, 'let's follow the actors around,' as if the film were a record of what the protagonist did."
(a) American.
(b) French.
(c) Japanese.
(d) Italian.

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

3. According to Mamet, when the film is correctly ____, the subconscious and the conscious are in alignment.
(a) Prepared.
(b) Designed.
(c) Arranged.
(d) Planned.

4. Who did Mamet cite in saying that we needn't avoid things just because they're cliche?
(a) Eisenstein.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Stanislavsky.
(d) Hemingway.

5. Who characterized the notion of "judge of yourself"?
(a) Herzog.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Stanislavsky.
(d) Eisenstein.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet, what actor did he laud for his simplicity in a scene which involved the Nazis, in Chapter 4?

2. What was the third beat about in the hypothetical film in Chapter 2?

3. Who wrote The Profession of the Stage?

4. Whose method relies on a succession of images juxtaposed so that the contrast moves the story forward?

5. The second beat of the hypothetical scene in Chapter 2 was to what?

(see the answer key)

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