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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the significance of June 20th for Rodriguez?
(a) his first day of shooting The Mariachi
(b) his 23rd birthday
(c) the day he leaves the Pharmaco study
(d) the day he wins another film contest

2. What makes it necessary to improvise?
(a) the lack of funds
(b) the lack of actors
(c) the lack of experience
(d) the lack of time

3. What does Rodriguez worry about before going to Pharmaco?
(a) the isolation from his family
(b) the time he will lose
(c) the fear of failing the physical
(d) the side effects caused by medical experiments

4. What will Rodriguez' first feature length film be about?
(a) a boy lost in the Mexican desert
(b) a musician who wants to become a mariachi
(c) a family of sleepy siblings
(d) a man named The Mariachi with a guitar full of weapons,

5. What is the best way to describe Rodriguez' style of film making?
(a) quick and quirky
(b) simple and plotless
(c) cheap and amateurish
(d) fast and effective

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first scene Rodriguez completes as he writes his screenplay?

2. How do Rodriguez and Gallardo rate the Spanish films starring at least one famous actor?

3. Where do Rodriguez' first short films get shown?

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

5. How does Rodriguez get his earliest exposure to films?

(see the answer key)

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