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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What kind of camera has helped in injuring the cinema, according to Mamet?
(a) The dollycam.
(b) The zoomcam.
(c) The steadycam.
(d) The digital camera.

4. What is the period after you've finished the shot list and before you go into shooting?
(a) Preptime.
(b) Designer Meetings.
(c) Preproduction.
(d) Postproduction.

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

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

7. According to Mamet, it is essential to cut that which has what to us?
(a) Emotion.
(b) Explanation.
(c) Deep personal meaning.
(d) Narration.

8. In the scene generated for the class in Chapter 2, what did the protagonist want?
(a) The teacher's respect.
(b) Money.
(c) To sell a pig.
(d) The students' respect.

9. In what year did Mamet write the Preface of the book?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1995.

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

11. 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) Map.
(b) Compass.
(c) Craft.
(d) Structure.

12. Who did Mamet compare with Frank Capra in Chapter 3?
(a) Brad Commers.
(b) Alfred Hitchcock.
(c) David Lynch.
(d) Werner Herzog.

13. Who directed the film Places in the Heart?
(a) Alfred Hitchcock.
(b) Robert Benton.
(c) Werner Herzog.
(d) Frank Capra.

14. Who said the following: when we have two theories, each of which adequately describes a phenomenon, always pick the simpler?
(a) Einstein.
(b) Eisenstein.
(c) William of Occam.
(d) Aristotle.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are after-the-fact attempts to shore up that which was not correctly designed in a film?

3. According to Mamet, when the film is correctly ____, the subconscious and the conscious are in alignment.

4. 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?

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

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