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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. Mamet says that the house has to look like a house. The ______ doesn't have to look like a house.
(a) The door.
(b) The steps.
(c) The window.
(d) Nail.

2. What did the pig do in the ending of the story in Chapter 5?
(a) Died.
(b) Attacked the farmer.
(c) Ran away.
(d) Rode the girl on his back.

3. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, the film business is caught in a spiral of degeneracy because it is run by people who have no what?
(a) Structure.
(b) Map.
(c) Compass.
(d) Craft.

4. What is another term for "looping"?
(a) ADR.
(b) Editing.
(c) Voiceover.
(d) Steadicam.

5. What are after-the-fact attempts to shore up that which was not correctly designed in a film?
(a) Exposition.
(b) Narration.
(c) Signs.
(d) Editing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Counterculture architecture was based on designing buildings based on what?

2. Mamet's house was built without what?

3. What does Mamet say is a bad idea for the third beat in Chapter 2?

4. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, he challenges the way people talk about any performance artist and the way they talk about whom?

5. What is the term for the thing which stands in the way of the protagonist?

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