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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mamet says of film directing and screenwriting that they are what?
(a) The same trade.
(b) Controlling.
(c) Very different.
(d) Exact sciences.

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

3. Mamet says that if you are telling the story with pictures, the dialogue is the sprinkles on the what?
(a) Ice cream cone.
(b) Cupcake.
(c) Icing.
(d) Cake.

4. What does Mamet say is the superobjective of the hero in Chapter 6?
(a) The roadside.
(b) The river.
(c) The channel.
(d) The buoy.

5. Where did the farmer go in the town in the hypothetical film of Chapter 5?
(a) The farmer's market.
(b) The farm.
(c) The slaughterhouse.
(d) The seed store.

6. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, if you persevere, then what method of thinking will become easier for you?
(a) Subconscious.
(b) Focused.
(c) Analytical.
(d) Creative.

7. Mamet says in Chapter 4 that movies are made out of what?
(a) Elaborate stories.
(b) Heroic struggles.
(c) Epic dramas.
(d) Very simple ideas.

8. What was in the pen in the ending of the story in Chapter 5?
(a) Children.
(b) Food.
(c) Piglets.
(d) No pig.

9. Who directed Casablanca?
(a) Milton Gladstone.
(b) Frank Capra.
(c) Michael Curtiz.
(d) Miles Herzog.

10. According to Mamet, he's seen directors do how many takes of a shot?
(a) Seventy.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Sixty.

11. Everything in the old cartoons was based on what, according to Mamet?
(a) Individual expression.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Ink.
(d) Plot.

12. Using the example the class previously created, in Chapter 4, what is "the scene"?
(a) To get respect.
(b) To sell a pig.
(c) To eradicate danger.
(d) To get a retraction.

13. Mamet says that it's not the actor's job to be emotional. It's the actor's job to be what?
(a) Honest.
(b) Direct.
(c) In character.
(d) In the scene.

14. According to Mamet in Chapter 5, having two reasons for an act are the same as having how many reasons?
(a) Three.
(b) None.
(c) Ten.
(d) One.

15. What does Mamet say that he defies anyone to act in Chapter 4?
(a) Their motivation.
(b) Their height.
(c) Their obstacle.
(d) Where they came from.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the pig have around its neck in the hypothetical film from Chapter 5?

2. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, if you're ____ in the small things, you will be ____ in the large things.

3. What did the pig do in the ending of the story in Chapter 5?

4. What was the impetus for the beginning of Citizen Kane?

5. Mamet says in Chapter 6 that you will have forsworn the Cult of what for a little while?

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