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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. What craft did Mamet say he does sometimes in Chapter 3?
(a) Carves wood.
(b) Writes poetry.
(c) Paints.
(d) Sculpts.
2. Mamet says that you cannot hide your what, in Chapter 3?
(a) Outline.
(b) Structure.
(c) Objective.
(d) Action.
3. What was Hitchcock's phrase for the thing which the protagonist is chasing?
(a) MacGriffin.
(b) MacGuffin.
(c) MacDufflin.
(d) Objective.
4. Who said of American films that they were all "pictures of people talking"?
(a) Eisenstein.
(b) Frank Capra.
(c) Alfred Hitchcock.
(d) Herzog.
5. 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) Sunlight.
(b) Support beams.
(c) Precipitation.
(d) Weather.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the first way suggested by students in the class for shooting a scene of a bunch of people coming to class?
2. In the scenario in Chapter 2, how early did the protagonist arrive to the class?
3. Chapter 1 deals with what element of the process of directing?
4. What unit does the director want to concern himself with?
5. What is another term for "looping"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How was the hypothetical film shot in Chapter 2?
2. What are the different approaches Mamet discussed as methods of storytelling in film, in Chapter 1?
3. How did Mamet explain the principle concern in choosing shots in Chapter 2?
4. What did Mamet write in Chapter 1 regarding character description and narration?
5. How did Mamet describe film in terms of syllogism in Chapter 3?
6. What did Mamet think of the steadicam?
7. What is the backdrop of On Directing Film? From what setting did the author base the text?
8. How did Mamet describe Eisenstein's theory of montage?
9. How did Mamet describe human nature in piecing together stories from film?
10. What did Mamet write in the Preface regarding the blind author who decided to become a screenwriter?
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