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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two, "I Was A Human Lab Rat".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What interests the professor in Rodriquez' work?
(a) that his work shows signs of genius
(b) that his short films are creative but rough
(c) that he has never won a short film award
(d) that his award-winning short films were done by him alone

2. What does he learn how to do because of needing to do only one take of a scene?
(a) to shoot as little raw footage as possible
(b) to write with one camera angle in mind
(c) to plan only short scenes for the film
(d) to work only in the early morning

3. What does Rodriguez say a film school teaches?
(a) how to enter film contests
(b) how to buy expensive equipment
(c) how to make a big budget movie or how to make contacts
(d) how to find investors for a movie project

4. How is the story of the book told?
(a) first person diary form
(b) third person chronological form
(c) third person interview form
(d) first person dream sequences

5. What bores Rodriguez the most during the study?
(a) the slow pace of life at Pharmaco
(b) the reruns of old TV movies
(c) the inane conversation of other lab rats
(d) the tasteless food they have to eat

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the best way to describe Rodriguez' style of film making?

2. What is Robert Rodriguez' classic film made on a budget of $7000?

3. Why does Rodriguez determine to stay in the Pharmaco study?

4. What will Rodriguez' first feature length film be about?

5. Why is Rodriguez exhausted before going to Pharmaco?

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