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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Countercultural Architecture and Dramatic Structure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who directed the film Places in the Heart?
(a) Werner Herzog.
(b) Frank Capra.
(c) Robert Benton.
(d) Alfred Hitchcock.

2. What is the main shot of any given scene?
(a) The principle.
(b) The main.
(c) The focus.
(d) The master.

3. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, the only thing the dramatic form is good for is what?
(a) Political gain.
(b) Artistic expression.
(c) Character creation.
(d) Telling a story.

4. Whose method relies on a succession of images juxtaposed so that the contrast moves the story forward?
(a) Einstein.
(b) Eisenstein.
(c) Capra.
(d) Morrison.

5. What kind of camera has helped in injuring the cinema, according to Mamet?
(a) The steadycam.
(b) The dollycam.
(c) The digital camera.
(d) The zoomcam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 1 deals with what element of the process of directing?

2. Sometimes, Mamet says in Chapter 3, the piece (film) will do what?

3. What was the third beat about in the hypothetical film in Chapter 2?

4. In what year did Mamet write the Preface of the book?

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

(see the answer key)

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