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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. Mamet says in Chapter 1 that if the film follows the protagonist around, what he does had better be what?
(a) Heroic.
(b) Active.
(c) Interesting.
(d) Narrating.

2. A good writer only gets better by learning to do what, according to Mamet?
(a) Narrate.
(b) Flesh out stories.
(c) Cut.
(d) Create characters.

3. Where did Mamet go to college?
(a) Vermont.
(b) New York.
(c) Maine.
(d) Boston.

4. Who wrote The Profession of the Stage?
(a) Georgi Tovstonogov.
(b) Michael Chekhov.
(c) Constantin Stanislavski.
(d) Andreas Tovstonogov.

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) Italian.
(b) Japanese.
(c) American.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

1. A film is basically what, according to Mamet?

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

3. Mamet cited Aristotle in saying there is no such thing as what?

4. 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?

5. According to Mamet, it is essential to cut that which has what to us?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Mamet write in Chapter 1 regarding character description and narration?

4. 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?

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

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

7. What did Mamet write in Chapter 3 regarding film with political agendas?

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

9. What did Mamet think of the steadicam?

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

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