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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the third beat about in the hypothetical film in Chapter 2?
(a) Waiting.
(b) Preparing.
(c) Homage.
(d) Respect.

2. What is another term for "looping"?
(a) Voiceover.
(b) ADR.
(c) Steadicam.
(d) Editing.

3. A good writer only gets better by learning to do what, according to Mamet?
(a) Narrate.
(b) Cut.
(c) Create characters.
(d) Flesh out stories.

4. Mamet says you should always do things in what way, in order to make the best movie?
(a) The least interesting way.
(b) The most artistic way.
(c) The most frugal way.
(d) The most interesting way.

5. What is the rule which Mamet says means "Keep it simple, stupid"?
(a) Film rule.
(b) KISS rule.
(c) Idiot rule.
(d) Shooting rule.

6. In ADR, what does D stand for?
(a) Dialogue.
(b) Density.
(c) Drive.
(d) Dictation.

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

8. Mamet says in Chapter 1 that if the film follows the protagonist around, what he does had better be what?
(a) Narrating.
(b) Interesting.
(c) Heroic.
(d) Active.

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

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

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

12. Counterculture architecture was based on designing buildings based on what?
(a) How the architect felt.
(b) The natural surroundings.
(c) The setting.
(d) The weather.

13. What does Mamet say happens when the problem posited by the scene is over?
(a) The scene is over.
(b) The objective is attained.
(c) The next scene begins.
(d) The film is over.

14. What term means a filmmaker, usually a director, who exercises creative control over his or her works and has a strong personal style?
(a) Auteur.
(b) Collaborator.
(c) Creator.
(d) Artiste.

15. Mamet says the audience requires not information, but what?
(a) Character.
(b) Narration.
(c) Exposition.
(d) Drama.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Profession of the Stage?

2. According to Mamet, film directors should all aspire to be what?

3. In Chapter 2, Mamet says that it's impossible to make a character what?

4. According to Mamet, the director is seen as what kind of extension of the screenwriter?

5. Mamet says in Chapter 1 that it is the __________ that makes the movie. What was he talking about?

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