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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Mamet in Chapter 5, why did Oedipus have to find out who his parents were?
(a) He didn't.
(b) The curse.
(c) The plague.
(d) Curiosity.

2. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, if you persevere, then what method of thinking will become easier for you?
(a) Creative.
(b) Focused.
(c) Analytical.
(d) Subconscious.

3. What example did Mamet use in Chapter 4 to demonstrate how you don't or do shoot a scene?
(a) A cartoon.
(b) A car crash.
(c) A documentary.
(d) A pig farmer.

4. Everything in the old cartoons was based on what, according to Mamet?
(a) Individual expression.
(b) Ink.
(c) Plot.
(d) Imagination.

5. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, we would like to learn a technique of directing and analyzing as concrete as that of a what?
(a) Sculptor.
(b) Painter.
(c) Shoemaker.
(d) Scientist.

6. What was the steamboat captain's answer to Stanislavsky, in Chapter 6?
(a) "I have a sounding beacon."
(b) "I stick to the channel; it's marked."
(c) "I drink a lot of water."
(d) "I use a map."

7. According to Mamet at the end of Chapter 5, "Anybody with a _____ can take a picture of a 'pig.'"
(a) Brownie.
(b) Steadicam.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Camera.

8. According to Mamet, most actors in film and stage today are what?
(a) Badly trained.
(b) Too self-absorbed.
(c) Too edgy.
(d) Well trained.

9. Using the example the class previously created, in Chapter 4, what is the meaning of the beat?
(a) To prepare.
(b) To arrive early.
(c) To gain respect.
(d) To get a retraction.

10. Using the example the class previously created, in Chapter 4, what is "the scene"?
(a) To get respect.
(b) To get a retraction.
(c) To eradicate danger.
(d) To sell a pig.

11. What, according to Mamet, is the answer to, "Where do we put the camera?"
(a) In an interesting angle.
(b) On the floor.
(c) Over there.
(d) Here.

12. What did Stanislavsky say is needed alone to support the text?
(a) Narration.
(b) Character.
(c) Action.
(d) Emotion.

13. According to Mamet in Chapter 6, it isn't your job to make it what?
(a) Interesting.
(b) Creative.
(c) Pretty.
(d) Truthful.

14. Which chapter did Mamet recommend the students read in, A Practical Handbook for the Actor?
(a) Structure.
(b) Analysis.
(c) Dictation.
(d) Character.

15. What did Stanislavsky ask the steamboat captain, according to Mamet in Chapter 6?
(a) How he steered the boat safely.
(b) How he kept from getting seasick.
(c) How he maintained a living.
(d) How he didn't get lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mamet says that when he was young, actors spent how many years on stage earning a living by the time they were thirty?

2. Where was Stanislavsky having dinner with a steamboat captain, according to Mamet in Chapter 6?

3. Mamet says in Chapter 6 that you will have forsworn the Cult of what for a little while?

4. What does Mamet say that he defies anyone to act in Chapter 4?

5. According to Mamet, "In film or in the street, people who describe themselves to you are" what?

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