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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, it isn't your job to make it what?
(a) Truthful.
(b) Pretty.
(c) Interesting.
(d) Creative.
2. According to Mamet in Chapter 5, having two reasons for an act are the same as having how many reasons?
(a) One.
(b) None.
(c) Ten.
(d) Three.
3. The two essential elements of story, according to Aristotle, are surprise and what?
(a) Downfall.
(b) Tragedy.
(c) Inevitability.
(d) Fate.
4. What does Mamet say "are all you have" in Chapter 6?
(a) The actors.
(b) The cuts.
(c) The shots.
(d) The scene.
5. Mamet says that it's not the actor's job to be emotional. It's the actor's job to be what?
(a) Direct.
(b) In the scene.
(c) In character.
(d) Honest.
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. What, in Mamet's analogy in Chapter 6, are the marker buoys?
3. When the farmer saw the man on the road, how did Mamet refer to this beat?
4. What example did Mamet use in Chapter 4 to demonstrate how you don't or do shoot a scene?
5. What was in the pen in the ending of the story in Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. What storytelling genres did Mamet suggest the director study in Chapter 5?
2. What animated film did Mamet laud as perfect in Chapter 5?
3. Who did the farmer meet in the hypothetical film in Chapter 5? How did this interaction play out?
4. What was Mamet's response to "performance art" questions which arise in shooting?
5. What did Mamet write about the Navaho Indians in Chapter 6?
6. What scenario did Mamet present for the hypothetical film in Chapter 5?
7. What does Mamet say regarding subconscious response in Chapter 4?
8. How did Mamet describe dealing with dialogue in Chapter 4?
9. How does Aristotle's theory of tragedy relate to the hypothetical film in Chapter 5?
10. What can the director not make up for in the editing room, according to Mamet in Chapter 6?
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