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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four, "Production".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which scenes of El Mariachi are shot first?
(a) the musical scenes
(b) those with Reinol Martinez, the man who plays Azul
(c) the gunfight scenes in the jail
(d) the swimming pool scenes

2. What are three important locations Rodriguez and Gallardo look for in Mexico?
(a) a courtroom, a bar, and a theater
(b) a bar, a jail, and a bedroom
(c) a market, a hotel, and a slum
(d) a jail, a ranch, and a bank

3. What do they use for a dolly to move the camera in some scenes?
(a) Rodrigues wearing roller blades.
(b) Rodriguez sitting in a wheel chair.
(c) Rodrigues riding on a tricycle.
(d) Rodriguez on a skateboard.

4. What is the first scene Rodriguez completes as he writes his screenplay?
(a) A police chase ends in a fiery crash.
(b) Azul gets a job singing at a Mexican cafe.
(c) The Mariachi sings to a beautiful woman.
(d) The Mariachi tries to find work at a cafe but is turned down.

5. What are Gallardo's contributions to making El Mariachi?
(a) carrying equipment and setting up lights
(b) composing the music and doing the sound effects
(c) securing permission, using his relations, and finding actors
(d) editing the script and doing the titles

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Rodriguez exhausted before going to Pharmaco?

2. How do Rodriguez and Gallardo meet all the people who end up helping them?

3. Doing the Pharmaco study, what does Rodriguez call himself?

4. Who is Peter Marquardt?

5. What is Rodriguez able to do when he has access to two VCRs?

(see the answer key)

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