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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. What was the man doing on the side of the road whom the farmer met in Chapter 5?
(a) Catching a pig.
(b) Catching a chicken.
(c) Fixing a wheel.
(d) Cutting his lawn.

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

3. According to Mamet, most actors in film and stage today are what?
(a) Too edgy.
(b) Badly trained.
(c) Too self-absorbed.
(d) Well trained.

4. Mamet says in Chapter 6 that to "Understand your specific task, work until it's done, and then stop" is the same as what?
(a) The plot.
(b) The focus.
(c) The throughline.
(d) The superobjective.

5. What does David Mamet say that the answer to all of the tedious actor questions is?
(a) Quickly.
(b) Look at the text.
(c) Based on the objective.
(d) It doesn't matter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was in the pen in the ending of the story in Chapter 5?

3. Mamet recommended the book A Practical Handbook for the Actor, written by whom?

4. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, if you persevere, then what method of thinking will become easier for you?

5. The purpose of rehearsal is to tell the actors, beat by beat, what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the hypothetical film from Chapters 3 and 4, what would Mamet suggest as direction to the protagonist?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did Mamet describe dealing with dialogue in Chapter 4?

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

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

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