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

2. What advice does Rodriguez recall as he starts work on his movie?
(a) being creative and technical is better
(b) being creative is all you need to succeed
(c) always hire someone to do the technical jobs
(d) it takes at least $30,000 to make a movie

3. What short Rodriguez film wins the University of Missouri Fine Arts Competition?
(a) Redhead
(b) The Last Carnival
(c) Bedhead
(d) The Mariachi

4. What program does Rodriguez apply for at Pharmaco?
(a) a weekend study
(b) a $7,000 study
(c) a $3,000 study
(d) an outpatient study

5. What is the advantage to Rodriguez after being admitted into the University of Texas film school?
(a) more time to make his films
(b) access to the equipment he needed
(c) good critiques of his methods
(d) connections to Hollywood

Short Answer Questions

1. What comes of the efforts to get Lina Santos, a Mexican movie and TV star, to act in El Mariachi?

2. How does Rodriguez sum up his pre-production activity for El Mariachi?

3. Doing the Pharmaco study, what does Rodriguez call himself?

4. What does Juan Suarez offer to do for the movie?

5. What results if any of the rules are broken at the Pharmaco study?

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