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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) ADR.
(b) Editing.
(c) Voiceover.
(d) Steadicam.

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 ______."
(a) Established.
(b) Attained.
(c) Manifested.
(d) Created.

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

4. The newspaper reviewer criticized an author for attempting screenwriting because he was nearly what?
(a) Paralyzed.
(b) Blind.
(c) Deaf.
(d) Illiterate.

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

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

7. 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?
(a) Weather.
(b) Sunlight.
(c) Support beams.
(d) Precipitation.

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

9. What was Hitchcock's phrase for the thing which the protagonist is chasing?
(a) Objective.
(b) MacDufflin.
(c) MacGriffin.
(d) MacGuffin.

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

11. A film is basically what, according to Mamet?
(a) A map.
(b) A design.
(c) A play.
(d) An art form.

12. All the audience cares about is the what, according to Mamet?
(a) Protagonist.
(b) Narration.
(c) Objective.
(d) Thrust of the scene.

13. Who wrote The Profession of the Stage?
(a) Constantin Stanislavski.
(b) Michael Chekhov.
(c) Andreas Tovstonogov.
(d) Georgi Tovstonogov.

14. Who said that the point is what happens to he hero, not what happens to the writer?
(a) Plato.
(b) Sophocles.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Aristotle.

15. What logical construct did Mamet use to explain the system of film-making in Chapter 3?
(a) If A, then B.
(b) A plus B is C.
(c) N plus R is P.
(d) If A, then C.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the third beat about in the hypothetical film in Chapter 2?

2. Mamet cited Aristotle in saying there is no such thing as what?

3. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, "To get into the scene late and to get out early is to demonstrate _____ for your audience."

4. Who wrote The Uses of Enchantment?

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

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