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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 new 16mm movie camera
(d) a school scholarship

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

3. What star does Gallardo suggest they try to get for their film?
(a) Ricky Ricardo
(b) Lina Santos
(c) Ricardo Montalban
(d) Cantinflas

4. What do they use for a dolly to move the camera in some scenes?
(a) Rodriguez on a skateboard.
(b) Rodrigues riding on a tricycle.
(c) Rodriguez sitting in a wheel chair.
(d) Rodrigues wearing roller blades.

5. Why does Rodriguez have to work faster at the cable station?
(a) It is moving to another city.
(b) It is going public.
(c) It is being sold to new owners.
(d) It is about to be closed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a professor at the film school think of Rodriguez' idea of making a film so cheaply?

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

3. Who is Consuelo Gomez?

4. What bores Rodriguez the most during the study?

5. Who is Peter Marquardt?

(see the answer key)

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