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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 in Chapter 6, someone once asked whom if they had ever been lost?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Daniel Boone.
(c) Franklin Roosevelt.
(d) Christopher Columbus.

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

3. What does Mamet say that he defies anyone to act in Chapter 4?
(a) Where they came from.
(b) Their obstacle.
(c) Their motivation.
(d) Their height.

4. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, we would like to learn a technique of directing and analyzing as concrete as that of a what?
(a) Painter.
(b) Sculptor.
(c) Shoemaker.
(d) Scientist.

5. The purpose of rehearsal is to tell the actors, beat by beat, what?
(a) The emotions needed.
(b) The actions called for.
(c) The characterization.
(d) The objectives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the pig do in the ending of the story in Chapter 5?

2. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, "It's always up to you whether you are going to tell a story through a ____ of shots or you are not."

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

4. Mamet says the reason we like those old-time movie stars so much is that they are what?

5. What was the last beat about in the hypothetical film in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Mamet say regarding the training of film actors in today's world?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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