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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. What logical construct did Mamet use to explain the system of film-making in Chapter 3?
(a) N plus R is P.
(b) If A, then C.
(c) If A, then B.
(d) A plus B is C.

2. Who said of American films that they were all "pictures of people talking"?
(a) Alfred Hitchcock.
(b) Herzog.
(c) Eisenstein.
(d) Frank Capra.

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) Map.
(b) Craft.
(c) Structure.
(d) Compass.

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

5. Screenwriting is a craft based on what?
(a) Narration.
(b) Science.
(c) Logic.
(d) Exposition.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, the only thing the dramatic form is good for is what?

3. The purpose of technique is to free the what?

4. According to Mamet, storytellers need to be warned against falling into what?

5. According to Mamet, you can't rely on the ________ to tell the story. Which of these is the correct answer?

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