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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 does Mamet say happens when the problem posited by the scene is over?
(a) The film is over.
(b) The scene is over.
(c) The next scene begins.
(d) The objective is attained.

2. Mamet says in Chapter 1 that it is the __________ that makes the movie. What was he talking about?
(a) Plan.
(b) Actor.
(c) Director.
(d) Shot.

3. What is the rule which Mamet says means "Keep it simple, stupid"?
(a) Shooting rule.
(b) Film rule.
(c) KISS rule.
(d) Idiot rule.

4. Eisenstein claimed that the best image is a what image?
(a) Inflected.
(b) Unattached.
(c) Articulate.
(d) Uninflected.

5. All the audience cares about is the what, according to Mamet?
(a) Thrust of the scene.
(b) Narration.
(c) Objective.
(d) Protagonist.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet, when the film is correctly ____, the subconscious and the conscious are in alignment.

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

3. What kind of camera has helped in injuring the cinema, according to Mamet?

4. In the scenario in Chapter 2, how early did the protagonist arrive to the class?

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

(see the answer key)

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