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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: The Tasks of the Director.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Chapter 1 deals with what element of the process of directing?
(a) Structure.
(b) Characterization.
(c) Storytelling.
(d) Narration.

3. In Chapter 2, Mamet says that it's impossible to make a character what?
(a) Interesting in general.
(b) Relatable to everyone.
(c) Carry a scene.
(d) Narrate a story.

4. According to Mamet, he lived in a house that was how many years old at the time this book was written?
(a) 50.
(b) 10.
(c) 200.
(d) 100.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Chair makers, until the turn of the century, made their chairs without what?

4. According to Mamet, film schools are basically what?

5. According to Mamet, you always want to tell a story in what?

(see the answer key)

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