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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet at the end of Chapter 5, "Anybody with a _____ can take a picture of a 'pig.'"

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. What does Mamet say that dramatic analysis is like in Chapter 6?

4. After shooting which take do you not even remember why you were born?

5. What does David Mamet say that the answer to all of the tedious actor questions is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mamet write in Chapter 4 of the director's instructions to the actor?

2. What is the hierarchy of film? Why did Mamet suggest the actor cannot be a fallback for the film in Chapter 6?

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

4. What animated film did Mamet laud as perfect in Chapter 5?

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

6. What does Mamet say regarding subconscious response in Chapter 4?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Mamet's point of view regarding identification of the audience with the hero of the story. How much description should surround this character, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Mamet's opinion of actor training in the United States today. What level of training do film actors have versus stage actors?

Essay Topic 3

What authors did Mamet quote in the book with regard to cutting extraneous text in a screenplay? What theorists did he speak about in dramatic analysis?

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