1. Anytime anyone does what, "that's a counterforce"?
(a) Shows emotion.
(b) Narrates the back-story.
(c) Tells the truth.
(d) Extols empathy.

2. What is the period after you've finished the shot list and before you go into shooting?
(a) Preptime.
(b) Postproduction.
(c) Preproduction.
(d) Designer Meetings.

3. The newspaper reviewer criticized an author for attempting screenwriting because he was nearly what?
(a) Blind.
(b) Deaf.
(c) Paralyzed.
(d) Illiterate.

4. What does Mamet say is a bad idea for the third beat in Chapter 2?
(a) Preparing.
(b) Arriving early.
(c) Gaining respect.
(d) Waiting.

5. What is the term which refers to the protagonist's immediate goal?
(a) Motivation.
(b) Obstacle.
(c) Superobjective.
(d) Objective.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, "In addition to what you will or not learn about the medium through your desire to understand it, that desire itself will be ______."

2. Mamet cited Aristotle in saying there is no such thing as what?

3. Mamet says in Chapter 3 that it is the nature of human perception to go to what?

4. What is another term for "looping"?

5. What are after-the-fact attempts to shore up that which was not correctly designed in a film?

(see the answer key)

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