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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are after-the-fact attempts to shore up that which was not correctly designed in a film?
(a) Signs.
(b) Narration.
(c) Editing.
(d) Exposition.

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

3. According to Mamet, he lived in a house that was how many years old at the time this book was written?
(a) 50.
(b) 100.
(c) 10.
(d) 200.

4. Mamet made the analogy in Chapter 4, "if the house is going to stand, the nail must do the work of ____."
(a) A beam.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A nail.
(d) A slat.

5. What did the pig do in the ending of the story in Chapter 5?
(a) Ran away.
(b) Rode the girl on his back.
(c) Died.
(d) Attacked the farmer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mamet say is a bad idea for the third beat in Chapter 2?

3. What is the term for the screening of the day's shots?

4. When the farmer saw the man on the road, how did Mamet refer to this beat?

5. 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."

(see the answer key)

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