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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the pig do in the ending of the story in Chapter 5?
(a) Ran away.
(b) Attacked the farmer.
(c) Rode the girl on his back.
(d) Died.

2. What was the steamboat captain's answer to Stanislavsky, in Chapter 6?
(a) "I stick to the channel; it's marked."
(b) "I drink a lot of water."
(c) "I have a sounding beacon."
(d) "I use a map."

3. According to Mamet, under conditions of great stress, you have to know your what?
(a) Camera.
(b) Shot.
(c) Trade.
(d) Craft.

4. In Chapter 5, the hypothetical film Mamet worked on with the students involved a farmer selling what?
(a) A cow.
(b) A goat.
(c) A pig.
(d) A chicken.

5. What does David Mamet say that the answer to all of the tedious actor questions is?
(a) Quickly.
(b) It doesn't matter.
(c) Based on the objective.
(d) Look at the text.

6. What did Stanislavsky ask the steamboat captain, according to Mamet in Chapter 6?
(a) How he didn't get lost.
(b) How he steered the boat safely.
(c) How he maintained a living.
(d) How he kept from getting seasick.

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

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

9. The only reason characters speak is what?
(a) To narrate.
(b) To express exposition.
(c) To get what they want.
(d) To tell a story.

10. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, the "hope that God will intervene and save you" is what most people mean when they talk about what?
(a) Craft.
(b) Talent.
(c) Skill.
(d) Luck.

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

12. When the farmer saw the man on the road, how did Mamet refer to this beat?
(a) Gaining a foothold.
(b) Capitalizing on a golden opportunity.
(c) Selling the animal.
(d) Gaining respect.

13. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, it isn't your job to make it what?
(a) Pretty.
(b) Interesting.
(c) Creative.
(d) Truthful.

14. Mamet recommended the book A Practical Handbook for the Actor, written by whom?
(a) Meisner, Adler, et al.
(b) Mamet, Eisenstein, Olnek.
(c) Bruder, Eisenstein.
(d) Bruder, Cohn, Olnek, et al.

15. What do you refer to when giving direction to the actor or the cameraman?
(a) The objective of the scene.
(b) The actor's focus.
(c) The interesting shot.
(d) The beat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What example did Mamet use in Chapter 4 to demonstrate how you don't or do shoot a scene?

2. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, "It's always up to you whether you are going to tell a story through a ____ of shots or you are not."

3. What does Mamet say that he defies anyone to act in Chapter 4?

4. Using the example the class previously created, in Chapter 4, what is the meaning of the beat?

5. What was in the pen in the ending of the story in Chapter 5?

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