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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. The movie, more than what, is closer to simple storytelling?
(a) A play.
(b) A television show.
(c) A novel.
(d) A memoir.

2. Who characterized the notion of "judge of yourself"?
(a) Eisenstein.
(b) Herzog.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Stanislavsky.

3. The smallest unit is the shot; the largest unit is what?
(a) The beat.
(b) The ending.
(c) The film.
(d) The scene.

4. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, the only thing the dramatic form is good for is what?
(a) Political gain.
(b) Character creation.
(c) Artistic expression.
(d) Telling a story.

5. According to Mamet, you always want to tell a story in what?
(a) Narration.
(b) Cuts.
(c) Character.
(d) Shots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a progression toward the simplest, most ordered state, according to Mamet in Chapter 2?

2. What is the term Mamet used for the protagonist's ultimate goal in the scene in Chapter 2?

3. Mamet says the audience requires not information, but what?

4. Anytime anyone does what, "that's a counterforce"?

5. What does Mamet say is a bad idea for the third beat in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the backdrop of On Directing Film? From what setting did the author base the text?

2. Describe how film is like a design.

3. How did Mamet explain the principle concern in choosing shots in Chapter 2?

4. How did the class progress in the details of their hypothetical film in Chapter 2?

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

6. What does Mamet say in terms of withholding information from the audience, in Chapter 2?

7. What are ways that directors attempt to keep the audience's attention when the design of a film fails?

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

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

10. 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?

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