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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, in approaching the task of film, do we not have to do all at once, in Mamet's analogy in Chapter 6?
(a) Float a river.
(b) Climb the whole mountain.
(c) Swim the ocean.
(d) Build the house in a day.

2. Mamet compared the work of the film director to what, in Chapter 6?
(a) Writing poetry.
(b) Sculpting.
(c) Archery.
(d) Mountain climbing.

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

4. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, you can't make it interesting once you get where?
(a) The blueprint board.
(b) The storyboard room.
(c) The sound stage.
(d) The editing room.

5. According to Mamet at the end of Chapter 5, "Anybody with a _____ can take a picture of a 'pig.'"
(a) Brownie.
(b) Steadicam.
(c) Camera.
(d) Imagination.

6. 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 prepare.
(d) To get a retraction.

7. The study of what is very useful for directors, according to Mamet?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Photography.
(c) Myth.
(d) Science.

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

9. Mamet says in Chapter 4 that a lot of the decisions you think are going to be arbitrary are arrived at through the what?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Unconscious.
(c) Consciousness.
(d) Subconscious.

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

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

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

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

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

15. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, the Stoics would advise adhering to the metaphor which relates to what?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Selling a calf.
(c) Going into battle.
(d) Going on a journey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mamet says that it's not the actor's job to be emotional. It's the actor's job to be what?

2. Mamet says of film directing and screenwriting that they are what?

3. Who does Mamet say wove flaws into their blankets to let the devil out?

4. What was the steamboat captain's answer to Stanislavsky, in Chapter 6?

5. What did Stanislavsky ask the steamboat captain, according to Mamet in Chapter 6?

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