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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 that the perfect movie doesn't have any what?
(a) Characters.
(b) Cuts.
(c) Scenes.
(d) Dialogue.

2. Mamet made the analogy in Chapter 4, "if the house is going to stand, the nail must do the work of ____."
(a) A hammer.
(b) A nail.
(c) A beam.
(d) A slat.

3. In what year did Mamet write the Preface of the book?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1988.

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

5. Who did Mamet cite in saying that we needn't avoid things just because they're cliche?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Eisenstein.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Stanislavsky.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Alice it didn't matter which road she took, as cited by Mamet in Chapter 2?

2. 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 ______."

3. According to Mamet, he's seen directors do how many takes of a shot?

4. Mamet says that the house has to look like a house. The ______ doesn't have to look like a house.

5. Mamet says the audience requires not information, but what?

(see the answer key)

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