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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, if you want to build a roof, it might be a good idea to understand about the effects of what?
(a) Precipitation.
(b) Support beams.
(c) Weather.
(d) Sunlight.

2. What logical construct did Mamet use to explain the system of film-making in Chapter 3?
(a) If A, then C.
(b) If A, then B.
(c) N plus R is P.
(d) A plus B is C.

3. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, he challenges the way people talk about any performance artist and the way they talk about whom?
(a) James Stewart.
(b) Donna Reed.
(c) Carey Grant.
(d) Humphrey Bogart.

4. Who said, "Write the story, take out all the good lines, and see if it still works"?
(a) Chekhov.
(b) Fitzgerald.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Stanislavski.

5. What term means a filmmaker, usually a director, who exercises creative control over his or her works and has a strong personal style?
(a) Auteur.
(b) Creator.
(c) Collaborator.
(d) Artiste.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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."

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

3. Who wrote The Uses of Enchantment?

4. A good writer only gets better by learning to do what, according to Mamet?

5. In what year did Mamet write the Preface of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mamet think of the steadicam?

2. What does Mamet say regarding the juxtaposition of uninflected images in Chapter 3?

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

4. How did Mamet describe film in terms of syllogism in Chapter 3?

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

6. How did Mamet describe Eisenstein's theory of montage?

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

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

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

10. Describe the "School of Countercultural Architecture."

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