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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Because of working with limited equipment and on a tight budget, what skill does Rodriguez develop?
(a) location negotiation skills
(b) steady handheld camera skills
(c) improvizational filming skills
(d) previsualization skills

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

3. Where do Rodriguez' first short films get shown?
(a) a Mexican local television channel and in dance clubs
(b) in class at his high school
(c) in a sports bar in Mexico
(d) in his garage

4. What comes with the next prize Bedhead wins in a film competition?
(a) a school scholarship
(b) $700 that he will use in El Mariachi
(c) a new 16mm movie camera
(d) an offer to go to Hollywood

5. What is Robert Rodriguez' classic film made on a budget of $7000?
(a) Bedhead
(b) El Lobo
(c) Los Hooligans
(d) El Mariachi

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rodriguez worry about before going to Pharmaco?

2. What are Gallardo's contributions to making El Mariachi?

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

4. What program does Rodriguez apply for at Pharmaco?

5. What advice does Rodriguez recall as he starts work on his movie?

(see the answer key)

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