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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Anytime anyone does what, "that's a counterforce"?
(a) Extols empathy.
(b) Tells the truth.
(c) Narrates the back-story.
(d) Shows emotion.

2. What are after-the-fact attempts to shore up that which was not correctly designed in a film?
(a) Exposition.
(b) Narration.
(c) Editing.
(d) Signs.

3. What is the term which means "it works correctly on paper but for some reason doesn't work when we get it on its feet"?
(a) The Rule of Circularity.
(b) The Jesus Factor.
(c) The Hippo Factor.
(d) The K.I.S.S. Rule.

4. Counterculture architecture was based on designing buildings based on what?
(a) The setting.
(b) The weather.
(c) How the architect felt.
(d) The natural surroundings.

5. Mamet wrote, "Most _____ directors approach it by saying, 'let's follow the actors around,' as if the film were a record of what the protagonist did."
(a) Japanese.
(b) French.
(c) American.
(d) Italian.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet, he lived in a house that was how many years old at the time this book was written?

2. Whose method relies on a succession of images juxtaposed so that the contrast moves the story forward?

3. Mamet says in Chapter 1 that it is the __________ that makes the movie. What was he talking about?

4. In what area did Mamet have greater experience in when writing the book?

5. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, "In addition to what you will or not learn about the medium through your desire to understand it, that desire itself will be ______."

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the objective and beats in the hypothetical film in Chapter 2.

2. How did Mamet relate the "School of Countercultural Architecture" to film directing?

3. What did Mamet indicate is the point of view of the performance artist, in Chapter 3?

4. What is a "MacGuffin", and who coined this phrase?

5. How did Mamet illustrate juxtaposition of shots in documentary film in Chapter 1?

6. What did Mamet write regarding dreams and film in Chapter 1?

7. What scenario did Mamet put forth to the class in Chapter 2? How did Mamet relate the suggested opening shot of this scenario to television?

8. What did Mamet cite from the book, "The Uses of Enchantment" in Chapter 2?

9. What did Mamet write of producers in Chapter 2?

10. What are the different approaches Mamet discussed as methods of storytelling in film, in Chapter 1?

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