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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. What, in approaching the task of film, do we not have to do all at once, in Mamet's analogy in Chapter 6?

2. Where did the farmer go in the town in the hypothetical film of Chapter 5?

3. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, it is the pursuit of what that is important?

4. What does Mamet say that the people in Hollywood don't have, in Chapter 5?

5. What actress did Mamet mention in the footnotes of Chapter 5 as an actress who could truly act?

Short Essay Questions

1. What metaphor did Mamet use to illustrate the work in pre-production, in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

5. What is the appropriate response to the actor who asks "how do I walk down the hall", in the example in Chapter 4?

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

7. What are modern film actors lacking in their education of storytelling, according to Mamet?

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

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

10. How did Mamet relate film direction and screenwriting in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using the hypothetical film which the students and Mamet created in Chapter 3, describe how the beats were broken down by the class.

Essay Topic 2

Describe and define the K.I.S.S. rule. In what context did Mamet refer to this in the text?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Mamet's metaphor for film and the Countercultural Architecture movement.

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