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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Rodriguez find his photo?
(a) on the entertainment page of the Express News
(b) on the film school wall
(c) on the cover of Texas Times
(d) on the post office wall

3. Why does Rodriguez return to see Gallardo in Mexico?
(a) He needs Gallardo's moral support.
(b) He needs a breat from editing.
(c) He needs more money.
(d) He needs to re-record some of his lines.

4. What comes of the efforts to get Lina Santos, a Mexican movie and TV star, to act in El Mariachi?
(a) They never get in to see her.
(b) She agrees and then backs out.
(c) Her agent demands too much money.
(d) She still will not commit to being in the movie.

5. 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 reruns of old TV movies
(d) the slow pace of life at Pharmaco

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rodriguez have to work faster at the cable station?

2. What short Rodriguez film wins the University of Missouri Fine Arts Competition?

3. Who is Consuelo Gomez?

4. How does Rodriguez decide to label his film in the credits?

5. What does Rodriguez think will compensate for any inadequacies in costuming?

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