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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mamet says the reason we like those old-time movie stars so much is that they are what?
(a) Honest.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Elaborate.
(d) Simple.

2. Where was Stanislavsky having dinner with a steamboat captain, according to Mamet in Chapter 6?
(a) The Indian Ocean.
(b) The Thames River.
(c) The Volga River.
(d) The Atlantic Ocean.

3. What does Mamet say is useless filler in film, and the giveaway to a joke's punch line, in Chapter 5?
(a) Drama.
(b) Exposition.
(c) Obstacle.
(d) Signposts.

4. What was the reason for the beginning of Oedipus Rex?
(a) The plague.
(b) The onset of war.
(c) Oedipus' father dying.
(d) Oedipus' mother dying.

5. 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 use a map."
(d) "I have a sounding beacon."

6. Mamet says in Chapter 6 that you will have forsworn the Cult of what for a little while?
(a) Creativity.
(b) Hope.
(c) Self.
(d) Truth.

7. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, someone once asked whom if they had ever been lost?
(a) Franklin Roosevelt.
(b) Christopher Columbus.
(c) Daniel Boone.
(d) James Joyce.

8. Mamet says that when he was young, actors spent how many years on stage earning a living by the time they were thirty?
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifteen.

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

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

11. According to Mamet, most actors in film and stage today are what?
(a) Too edgy.
(b) Well trained.
(c) Too self-absorbed.
(d) Badly trained.

12. According to Mamet, what do actors talk about, which does not exist on the stage?
(a) Character.
(b) Arc of the film.
(c) Obstacle.
(d) Motivation.

13. According to Mamet in Chapter 4, "If you don't know what you want, how can you know when _____?"
(a) You're done.
(b) To begin.
(c) To edit.
(d) To stop.

14. What did the farmer do in Mamet's version of the ending in Chapter 5?
(a) Sold the goat.
(b) Bought feed for the pig.
(c) Bought a second pig.
(d) Sold the pig.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do you refer to when giving direction to the actor or the cameraman?

2. What does Mamet say "are all you have" in Chapter 6?

3. 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."

4. According to Mamet, he's seen directors do how many takes of a shot?

5. 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?

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