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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. Who did Mamet compare with Frank Capra in Chapter 3?
(a) Werner Herzog.
(b) Alfred Hitchcock.
(c) Brad Commers.
(d) David Lynch.

2. What does Mamet say happens when the problem posited by the scene is over?
(a) The scene is over.
(b) The next scene begins.
(c) The objective is attained.
(d) The film is over.

3. According to Mamet, film schools are basically what?
(a) Expensive.
(b) Instructive.
(c) Illuminating.
(d) Useless.

4. Who said the following: when we have two theories, each of which adequately describes a phenomenon, always pick the simpler?
(a) William of Occam.
(b) Eisenstein.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Einstein.

5. 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 most interesting thing.
(d) The back-story.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unit does the director want to concern himself with?

2. Chapter 1 deals with what element of the process of directing?

3. Eisenstein claimed that the best image is a what image?

4. Where did Mamet go to college?

5. According to Mamet, film directors should all aspire to be what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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