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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 that when he was young, actors spent how many years on stage earning a living by the time they were thirty?
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Ten.

2. Which chapter did Mamet recommend the students read in, A Practical Handbook for the Actor?
(a) Analysis.
(b) Character.
(c) Structure.
(d) Dictation.

3. Using the example the class previously created, in Chapter 4, what is the meaning of the beat?
(a) To arrive early.
(b) To prepare.
(c) To gain respect.
(d) To get a retraction.

4. According to Mamet in Chapter 5, why did Oedipus have to find out who his parents were?
(a) He didn't.
(b) The curse.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) The plague.

5. Mamet says the reason we like those old-time movie stars so much is that they are what?
(a) Concrete.
(b) Elaborate.
(c) Honest.
(d) Simple.

Short Answer Questions

1. The two essential elements of story, according to Aristotle, are surprise and what?

2. What was the impetus for the beginning of Citizen Kane?

3. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, the "hope that God will intervene and save you" is what most people mean when they talk about what?

4. Oedipus is the model of all tragedy, according to whom?

5. In Chapter 5, the hypothetical film Mamet worked on with the students involved a farmer selling what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What has the hypothetical film evolved to in terms of danger in Chapter 5?

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 animated film did Mamet laud as perfect in Chapter 5?

5. What metaphor did Mamet use to illustrate the work in pre-production, in Chapter 6?

6. What did Mamet suggest to the new director regarding animated films, in Chapter 5?

7. What suggestions did the students give for the motivation of the protagonist in Chapter 5's scenario?

8. What was Mamet's reply to the question, "Is it possible to do everything "right" and still make a bad movie?"

9. What is the appropriate response to the actor who asks "how do I walk down the hall", in the example in Chapter 4?

10. What did Mamet suggest directors should strive for in terms of film dialogue in movies, in Chapter 4?

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