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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Where Do You Put the Camera?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Mamet write the Preface of the book?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1988.

2. According to Mamet, it is essential to cut that which has what to us?
(a) Deep personal meaning.
(b) Narration.
(c) Explanation.
(d) Emotion.

3. The first beat in the hypothetical scene of Chapter 2 was to what?
(a) To pay homage.
(b) To gain respect.
(c) To arrive early.
(d) To prepare.

4. According to Mamet, most movie scripts are written for an audience of what?
(a) Actors.
(b) Directors.
(c) Studio executives.
(d) Cinematographers.

5. According to Mamet, you always want to tell a story in what?
(a) Narration.
(b) Shots.
(c) Cuts.
(d) Character.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mamet says in Chapter 1 that if the film follows the protagonist around, what he does had better be what?

2. What is the term which refers to the protagonist's immediate goal?

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

4. A good writer only gets better by learning to do what, according to Mamet?

5. Who said of American films that they were all "pictures of people talking"?

(see the answer key)

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