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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the farmer do in Mamet's version of the ending in Chapter 5?
(a) Bought feed for the pig.
(b) Sold the pig.
(c) Sold the goat.
(d) Bought a second pig.

2. What did the pig do in the ending of the story in Chapter 5?
(a) Attacked the farmer.
(b) Rode the girl on his back.
(c) Ran away.
(d) Died.

3. What was the man doing on the side of the road whom the farmer met in Chapter 5?
(a) Fixing a wheel.
(b) Catching a pig.
(c) Cutting his lawn.
(d) Catching a chicken.

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

5. According to Mamet, "In film or in the street, people who describe themselves to you are" what?
(a) Trying to get something.
(b) Being honest.
(c) Playing a role.
(d) Lying.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mamet recommended the book A Practical Handbook for the Actor, written by whom?

2. Using the example the class previously created, in Chapter 4, what is the meaning of the beat?

3. What does Mamet say "are all you have" in Chapter 6?

4. What was the impetus for the beginning of Citizen Kane?

5. Everything in the old cartoons was based on what, according to Mamet?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mamet describe dealing with dialogue in Chapter 4?

2. What did Mamet write in Chapter 4 of the director's instructions to the actor?

3. In the hypothetical film from Chapters 3 and 4, what would Mamet suggest as direction to the protagonist?

4. What did Mamet write about the Navaho Indians in Chapter 6?

5. What did Mamet suggest directors should strive for in terms of film dialogue in movies, in Chapter 4?

6. What does Mamet say to give yourself over to in directing, in Chapter 5?

7. What suggestions did the students give for the motivation of the protagonist in Chapter 5's scenario?

8. What analogy did Mamet give that involves Stanislavsky, in Chapter 6?

9. What did Mamet caution against with having multiple motivations for the farmer in Chapter 5?

10. What can the director not make up for in the editing room, according to Mamet in Chapter 6?

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