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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. 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 ______."
(a) Created.
(b) Established.
(c) Attained.
(d) Manifested.

2. A film is basically what, according to Mamet?
(a) A design.
(b) A play.
(c) A map.
(d) An art form.

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

4. Mamet says in Chapter 3 that it is the nature of human perception to go to what?
(a) The protagonist.
(b) The MacGuffin.
(c) The back-story.
(d) The most interesting thing.

5. Mamet says that the house has to look like a house. The ______ doesn't have to look like a house.
(a) Nail.
(b) The door.
(c) The steps.
(d) The window.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, Mamet says that it's impossible to make a character what?

2. Chair makers, until the turn of the century, made their chairs without what?

3. What craft did Mamet say he does sometimes in Chapter 3?

4. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, "To get into the scene late and to get out early is to demonstrate _____ for your audience."

5. What is the term for the thing which stands in the way of the protagonist?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the "School of Countercultural Architecture."

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

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

4. Describe Mamet's discussion of understanding precipitation in architecture in Chapter 3.

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

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

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

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

9. How was the hypothetical film shot in Chapter 2?

10. What did Mamet write in the Preface regarding the blind author who decided to become a screenwriter?

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