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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 is Rodriguez able to do when he has access to two VCRs?
(a) add titles to his films
(b) make two movies at one time
(c) edit his films
(d) shoot from multiple camera angles

2. Who are the actors in Rodriguez' short film, Bedhead?
(a) animals
(b) schoolmates
(c) his siblings
(d) homeless people

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

4. Doing the Pharmaco study, what does Rodriguez call himself?
(a) a human lab rat
(b) a vampire bat
(c) a pin cushion
(d) a starving artist

5. How much do Rodriguez and Gallardo estimate it will take to make their movie?
(a) $30,000
(b) $10,000
(c) $700
(d) $8,000

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Because of working with limited equipment and on a tight budget, what skill does Rodriguez develop?

3. What does Rodriguez enjoy doing during the Pharmaco study?

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

5. What does Rodriguez say a film school teaches?

(see the answer key)

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