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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. Oedipus is the model of all tragedy, according to whom?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Plato.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Aristotle.
2. What, in approaching the task of film, do we not have to do all at once, in Mamet's analogy in Chapter 6?
(a) Swim the ocean.
(b) Climb the whole mountain.
(c) Float a river.
(d) Build the house in a day.
3. What did Stanislavsky ask the steamboat captain, according to Mamet in Chapter 6?
(a) How he didn't get lost.
(b) How he steered the boat safely.
(c) How he maintained a living.
(d) How he kept from getting seasick.
4. When the farmer saw the man on the road, how did Mamet refer to this beat?
(a) Gaining respect.
(b) Selling the animal.
(c) Capitalizing on a golden opportunity.
(d) Gaining a foothold.
5. What, according to Mamet, is the answer to, "Where do we put the camera?"
(a) On the floor.
(b) Over there.
(c) Here.
(d) In an interesting angle.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did the pig have around its neck in the hypothetical film from Chapter 5?
2. The two essential elements of story, according to Aristotle, are surprise and what?
3. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, it is the pursuit of what that is important?
4. What was in the pen in the ending of the story in Chapter 5?
5. According to Mamet in Chapter 4, "If you don't know what you want, how can you know when _____?"
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Mamet suggest to the new director regarding animated films, in Chapter 5?
2. What analogy did Mamet give that involves Stanislavsky, in Chapter 6?
3. Who did the farmer meet in the hypothetical film in Chapter 5? How did this interaction play out?
4. What does Mamet say regarding the training of film actors in today's world?
5. What animated film did Mamet laud as perfect in Chapter 5?
6. What suggestions did the students give for the motivation of the protagonist in Chapter 5's scenario?
7. What example did Mamet give of Humphrey Bogart's simplicity, in Chapter 4?
8. How does Aristotle's theory of tragedy relate to the hypothetical film in Chapter 5?
9. What did Mamet caution against with having multiple motivations for the farmer in Chapter 5?
10. How does the hypothetical film end in Chapter 5?
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