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

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

3. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, it isn't your job to make it what?
(a) Pretty.
(b) Creative.
(c) Interesting.
(d) Truthful.

4. What, in approaching the task of film, do we not have to do all at once, in Mamet's analogy in Chapter 6?
(a) Float a river.
(b) Climb the whole mountain.
(c) Build the house in a day.
(d) Swim the ocean.

5. Mamet says that it's not the actor's job to be emotional. It's the actor's job to be what?
(a) In character.
(b) Direct.
(c) In the scene.
(d) Honest.

Short Answer Questions

1. The rule of circularity says not to do what?

2. Mamet says in Chapter 4 that movies are made out of what?

3. Mamet says of film directing and screenwriting that they are what?

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

5. What did the farmer do in Mamet's version of the ending in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What example did Mamet give of Humphrey Bogart's simplicity, in Chapter 4?

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

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