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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. According to Mamet at the end of Chapter 5, "Anybody with a _____ can take a picture of a 'pig.'"
(a) Imagination.
(b) Brownie.
(c) Steadicam.
(d) Camera.

2. In Chapter 5, the hypothetical film Mamet worked on with the students involved a farmer selling what?
(a) A goat.
(b) A pig.
(c) A chicken.
(d) A cow.

3. According to Mamet, what actor did he laud for his simplicity in a scene which involved the Nazis, in Chapter 4?
(a) Clifton Hayes.
(b) James Stewart.
(c) Carey Grant.
(d) Humphrey Bogart.

4. Who directed Casablanca?
(a) Frank Capra.
(b) Michael Curtiz.
(c) Milton Gladstone.
(d) Miles Herzog.

5. What example did Mamet use in Chapter 4 to demonstrate how you don't or do shoot a scene?
(a) A pig farmer.
(b) A documentary.
(c) A cartoon.
(d) A car crash.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Stanislavsky having dinner with a steamboat captain, according to Mamet in Chapter 6?

2. What did Stanislavsky ask the steamboat captain, according to Mamet in Chapter 6?

3. What do actors erroneously try to use their intellectuality to do?

4. According to Mamet, most actors in film and stage today are what?

5. According to Mamet in Chapter 5, why did Oedipus have to find out who his parents were?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Mamet write about the Navaho Indians in Chapter 6?

3. What does Mamet say regarding subconscious response in Chapter 4?

4. What scenario did Mamet present for the hypothetical film in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

8. What animated film did Mamet laud as perfect in Chapter 5?

9. What is the Cult of Self which Mamet refers to in Chapter 6?

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

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