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

2. 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

3. How does Rodriguez get his earliest exposure to films?
(a) his hours watching old movies on TV
(b) his mother's love of the movies
(c) the inspiration of an English teacher
(d) his father's job in a movie theater

4. Why does Rodriguez turn down volunteer help on making his movie?
(a) He does not have money to feed anyone.
(b) He thinks it will be bad luck.
(c) He does not want a witness in case the movie is a failure.
(d) He fears they will take credit for his work.

5. How does Rodriguez sum up his pre-production activity for El Mariachi?
(a) as simplification
(b) as the hardest part
(c) as improvisation
(d) as education

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What makes it necessary to improvise?

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

(see the answer key)

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