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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes it necessary to improvise?
(a) the lack of experience
(b) the lack of actors
(c) the lack of time
(d) the lack of funds

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

3. What will Rodriguez' first feature length film be about?
(a) a man named The Mariachi with a guitar full of weapons,
(b) a family of sleepy siblings
(c) a musician who wants to become a mariachi
(d) a boy lost in the Mexican desert

4. How do Rodriguez and Gallardo rate the Spanish films starring at least one famous actor?
(a) exciting
(b) serious competition
(c) bad
(d) well made

5. What does Rodriguez worry about before going to Pharmaco?
(a) the time he will lose
(b) the side effects caused by medical experiments
(c) the isolation from his family
(d) the fear of failing the physical

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Rodriguez exhausted before going to Pharmaco?

2. What does Rodriguez think will compensate for any inadequacies in costuming?

3. What is the first scene Rodriguez completes as he writes his screenplay?

4. What do Rodriguez and his roommate bring to read during the Pharmaco study?

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

(see the answer key)

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