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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After shooting which take do you not even remember why you were born?
(a) Tenth.
(b) Fifteenth.
(c) Twelfth.
(d) Twentieth.

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

3. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, he challenges the way people talk about any performance artist and the way they talk about whom?
(a) Donna Reed.
(b) James Stewart.
(c) Carey Grant.
(d) Humphrey Bogart.

4. What was in the pen in the ending of the story in Chapter 5?
(a) Food.
(b) Children.
(c) No pig.
(d) Piglets.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet in Chapter 5, what is the perfect movie?

2. What is a progression toward the simplest, most ordered state, according to Mamet in Chapter 2?

3. What term means a filmmaker, usually a director, who exercises creative control over his or her works and has a strong personal style?

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

5. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, if you want to build a roof, it might be a good idea to understand about the effects of what?

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