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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Using the example the class previously created, in Chapter 4, what is the meaning of the beat?
(a) To arrive early.
(b) To gain respect.
(c) To get a retraction.
(d) To prepare.

4. Which chapter did Mamet recommend the students read in, A Practical Handbook for the Actor?
(a) Character.
(b) Analysis.
(c) Dictation.
(d) Structure.

5. What did Stanislavsky say is needed alone to support the text?
(a) Action.
(b) Emotion.
(c) Narration.
(d) Character.

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

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

8. What was the last beat about in the hypothetical film in Chapter 5?
(a) A man saves the day.
(b) A man rewards a good deed.
(c) A man sells a pig.
(d) A man sells a goat.

9. What is the subheading of Chapter 4?
(a) Pig - The Movie.
(b) Storytelling.
(c) Where Do You Put the Camera?
(d) What to Tell the Actors and Where to Put the Camera.

10. 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) In the scene.
(c) Direct.
(d) In character.

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

12. According to Mamet, "In film or in the street, people who describe themselves to you are" what?
(a) Being honest.
(b) Trying to get something.
(c) Lying.
(d) Playing a role.

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

14. What is the book of pictures of shots of a film called?
(a) The storyboard.
(b) The book.
(c) The set design.
(d) The prompt book.

15. What, in Mamet's analogy in Chapter 6, are the marker buoys?
(a) The superobjective.
(b) Small objectives.
(c) The plot.
(d) The character.

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, it is the pursuit of what that is important?

3. Oedipus is the model of all tragedy, according to whom?

4. What, according to Mamet, is the answer to, "Where do we put the camera?"

5. Using the example the class previously created, in Chapter 4, what is "the scene"?

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