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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 does Mamet say "are all you have" in Chapter 6?
(a) The scene.
(b) The shots.
(c) The actors.
(d) The cuts.

2. The study of what is very useful for directors, according to Mamet?
(a) Myth.
(b) Photography.
(c) Science.
(d) Dreams.

3. According to Mamet, most actors in film and stage today are what?
(a) Too self-absorbed.
(b) Well trained.
(c) Badly trained.
(d) Too edgy.

4. Mamet says in Chapter 6 that you will have forsworn the Cult of what for a little while?
(a) Truth.
(b) Self.
(c) Hope.
(d) Creativity.

5. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, if you're ____ in the small things, you will be ____ in the large things.
(a) Exact.
(b) Careful.
(c) Certain.
(d) Correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. After how many takes does Mamet say you can no longer remember what the scene was about, in Chapter 4?

2. The only reason characters speak is what?

3. What was the man doing on the side of the road whom the farmer met in Chapter 5?

4. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, if you persevere, then what method of thinking will become easier for you?

5. According to Mamet, what actor did he laud for his simplicity in a scene which involved the Nazis, in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can the director not make up for in the editing room, according to Mamet in Chapter 6?

2. What was Mamet's response to "performance art" questions which arise in shooting?

3. What is the hierarchy of film? Why did Mamet suggest the actor cannot be a fallback for the film in Chapter 6?

4. What storytelling genres did Mamet suggest the director study in Chapter 5?

5. What analogy did Mamet give that involves Stanislavsky, in Chapter 6?

6. What did Mamet caution against with having multiple motivations for the farmer in Chapter 5?

7. How does Aristotle's theory of tragedy relate to the hypothetical film in Chapter 5?

8. What decision did Mamet suggest is in the hands of the director, in Chapter 6?

9. What does Mamet say to give yourself over to in directing, in Chapter 5?

10. In the hypothetical film from Chapters 3 and 4, what would Mamet suggest as direction to the protagonist?

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