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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Pig—The Movie.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who told Alice it didn't matter which road she took, as cited by Mamet in Chapter 2?
(a) The Mad Hatter.
(b) The Cheshire Cat.
(c) The Rabbit.
(d) The Caterpillar.

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

3. What was the impetus for the beginning of Citizen Kane?
(a) The discovery of the sled.
(b) The death of Charles Foster Kane.
(c) The plague.
(d) The inheritance.

4. According to Mamet, the storyteller did NOT need something in Chapter 2. What was it?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Entropy.
(c) Back-story.
(d) Characterization.

5. What actress did Mamet mention in the footnotes of Chapter 5 as an actress who could truly act?
(a) Donna Reed.
(b) Susan Sarandon.
(c) Meryl Streep.
(d) Mary Astor.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet, when the film is correctly ____, the subconscious and the conscious are in alignment.

2. In the scene generated for the class in Chapter 2, what did the protagonist want?

3. The first beat in the hypothetical scene of Chapter 2 was to what?

4. In Chapter 2, Mamet says that it's impossible to make a character what?

5. What was Hitchcock's phrase for the thing which the protagonist is chasing?

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