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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bores Rodriguez the most during the study?
(a) the tasteless food they have to eat
(b) the inane conversation of other lab rats
(c) the slow pace of life at Pharmaco
(d) the reruns of old TV movies

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

3. How does Rodriguez sum up his pre-production activity for El Mariachi?
(a) as the hardest part
(b) as education
(c) as simplification
(d) as improvisation

4. When is Rodriguez informed that the owner of the borrowed camera will need it back?
(a) in two weeks
(b) the next day
(c) that same day
(d) in four days

5. Why does Rodriguez overlook small mistakes he notices while shooting El Mariachi?
(a) It is something that he can edit out.
(b) It is supposed to be a practice movie.
(c) He doesn't have money to correct them.
(d) He thinks no one will notice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rodriguez say a film school teaches?

2. What are three important locations Rodriguez and Gallardo look for in Mexico?

3. Who is Consuelo Gomez?

4. What does he learn how to do because of needing to do only one take of a scene?

5. What do Rodriguez and his roommate bring to read during the Pharmaco study?

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