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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 does Rodriguez think will compensate for any inadequacies in costuming?
(a) his film noir style
(b) his shooting and editing style
(c) his soft focus style
(d) his cropping style

2. 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

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

4. What do Rodriguez and his roommate bring to read during the Pharmaco study?
(a) The Last of the Mohicans
(b) a John Grisham novel
(c) the same Stephen King book
(d) books on film making

5. What offer does a Spanish action movie production company make to Rodriguez and Gallardo?
(a) to send them to a Mexican film school
(b) to go on the company's payroll as directors
(c) to make a Spanish video action movie for him for $30,000
(d) to buy all their short films

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Rodriguez and Gallardo do to scope out the competition?

2. What does Rodriguez plan to do about using a camera he is not familiar with?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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