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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. How many films had David Mamet directed at the time that the book was written?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

2. Whose method relies on a succession of images juxtaposed so that the contrast moves the story forward?
(a) Capra.
(b) Morrison.
(c) Eisenstein.
(d) Einstein.

3. Mamet says that you cannot hide your what, in Chapter 3?
(a) Structure.
(b) Action.
(c) Outline.
(d) Objective.

4. The newspaper reviewer criticized an author for attempting screenwriting because he was nearly what?
(a) Paralyzed.
(b) Deaf.
(c) Illiterate.
(d) Blind.

5. According to Mamet, most movie scripts are written for an audience of what?
(a) Cinematographers.
(b) Directors.
(c) Actors.
(d) Studio executives.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet, the director is seen as what kind of extension of the screenwriter?

2. What was Hitchcock's phrase for the thing which the protagonist is chasing?

3. What logical construct did Mamet use to explain the system of film-making in Chapter 3?

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

5. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, he challenges the way people talk about any performance artist and the way they talk about whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Mamet write about drama school and film school in Chapter 1?

3. Describe the "School of Countercultural Architecture."

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

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

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

7. Describe how film is like a design.

8. What writers and filmmakers did Mamet refer to in the Preface and Chapter 1 regarding screenwriting and film direction?

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

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

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