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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 do Rodriguez and Gallardo do to scope out the competition?
(a) read books about Spanish film making
(b) rent Spanish action videos
(c) conduct a survey of movie goers
(d) got to movie sets in Mexico

2. What does Rodriguez think is the most important thing for attracting a distributor?
(a) a big neame star
(b) an attractive trailer
(c) a chance to meet the stars
(d) a higher percentage of the gross profits

3. What happens to Rodriguez after spending hours on editing his film?
(a) His back goes out
(b) He has a reaction to the Pharmaco experiment.
(c) He starts losing his vision.
(d) He accidentally erases all his work.

4. What does Rodriguez enjoy doing during the Pharmaco study?
(a) playing his guitar
(b) watching reruns on TV
(c) talking to the nurses
(d) watching the other lab rats

5. What does the budget for transferring the film to video come in at?
(a) only $100
(b) half of the original budget
(c) $500 less than the original budget
(d) twice what Rodriguez had estimated

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rodriguez overlook small mistakes he notices while shooting El Mariachi?

2. Who is Consuelo Gomez?

3. What interests the professor in Rodriquez' work?

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

5. Why does Rodriguez have to work faster at the cable station?

(see the answer key)

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