2. According to Mamet, the storyteller did NOT need something in Chapter 2. What was it?
(a) Characterization.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Entropy.
(d) Back-story.

3. Who said the following: when we have two theories, each of which adequately describes a phenomenon, always pick the simpler?
(a) Einstein.
(b) Eisenstein.
(c) William of Occam.
(d) Aristotle.

4. What are after-the-fact attempts to shore up that which was not correctly designed in a film?
(a) Exposition.
(b) Signs.
(c) Narration.
(d) Editing.

5. 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.

6. What does Mamet say is the ordering of unrelated events or ideas or images in favor of an overriding preconception?
(a) Articulation.
(b) Neurosis.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Empathy.

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

8. Who wrote Memories, Dream, Reflections?
(a) Bruno Bettelheim.
(b) Carl Jung.
(c) Sigmund Freud.
(d) Constantin Stanislavsky.

9. Who wrote The Uses of Enchantment?
(a) Bruno Bettelheim.
(b) Carl Jung.
(c) Bruno Eisenstein.
(d) Werner Herzog.

10. According to Mamet, it is essential to cut that which has what to us?
(a) Deep personal meaning.
(b) Narration.
(c) Explanation.
(d) Emotion.

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

12. Sometimes, Mamet says in Chapter 3, the piece (film) will do what?
(a) Work with you.
(b) Create impediments.
(c) Fight back against you.
(d) Create roadblocks.

13. According to Mamet, film schools are basically what?
(a) Expensive.
(b) Illuminating.
(c) Instructive.
(d) Useless.

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

15. According to Mamet in Chapter 3, "To get into the scene late and to get out early is to demonstrate _____ for your audience."
(a) Empathy.
(b) Respect.
(c) Truth.
(d) Honor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mamet wrote, "Most _____ directors approach it by saying, 'let's follow the actors around,' as if the film were a record of what the protagonist did."

2. 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?

3. What does Mamet say happens when the problem posited by the scene is over?

4. What is another term for "looping"?

5. Who characterized the notion of "judge of yourself"?

(see the answer keys)

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