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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a progression toward the simplest, most ordered state, according to Mamet in Chapter 2?
(a) Examination.
(b) Delineation.
(c) Streamlining.
(d) Entropy.

2. The purpose of technique is to free the what?
(a) Creativity.
(b) Unconscious.
(c) Dream life.
(d) Conscious mind.

3. What does Mamet say is the ordering of unrelated events or ideas or images in favor of an overriding preconception?
(a) Neurosis.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Articulation.

4. The second beat of the hypothetical scene in Chapter 2 was to what?
(a) To prepare.
(b) To arrive early.
(c) To gain respect.
(d) To pay homage.

5. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, the only thing the dramatic form is good for is what?
(a) Political gain.
(b) Telling a story.
(c) Artistic expression.
(d) Character creation.

6. In Chapter 2, Mamet says that it's impossible to make a character what?
(a) Relatable to everyone.
(b) Carry a scene.
(c) Narrate a story.
(d) Interesting in general.

7. How many films had David Mamet directed at the time that the book was written?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) One.

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

9. Who wrote Memories, Dream, Reflections?
(a) Constantin Stanislavsky.
(b) Bruno Bettelheim.
(c) Carl Jung.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

10. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, the film business is caught in a spiral of degeneracy because it is run by people who have no what?
(a) Craft.
(b) Compass.
(c) Map.
(d) Structure.

11. Mamet says that you cannot hide your what, in Chapter 3?
(a) Structure.
(b) Outline.
(c) Objective.
(d) Action.

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

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

14. According to Mamet, film directors should all aspire to be what?
(a) Animators.
(b) Actors.
(c) Play directors.
(d) Documentary film-makers.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who characterized the notion of "judge of yourself"?

2. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, "In addition to what you will or not learn about the medium through your desire to understand it, that desire itself will be ______."

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

4. Who directed the film Places in the Heart?

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

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