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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eleven, "Postproduction, Take 3".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rodriguez classify as the main reason for professional incompetence in making movies?
(a) too much technical training
(b) lack of vision
(c) not much innovation
(d) the waste of money

2. What bores Rodriguez the most during the study?
(a) the slow pace of life at Pharmaco
(b) the reruns of old TV movies
(c) the tasteless food they have to eat
(d) the inane conversation of other lab rats

3. What does a critic say about EL MARIACHI?
(a) He cannot wait to see it.
(b) He gets bored at festival screenings.
(c) He would rather be in Hawaii.
(d) He has heard it is amateurish.

4. 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 shoot as little raw footage as possible
(c) to work only in the early morning
(d) to plan only short scenes for the film

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rodriguez admit to Jim, a fellow Texan?

2. What does the budget for transferring the film to video come in at?

3. What is the significance of June 20th for Rodriguez?

4. Heading back to Texas after failing to sign a contract, what does Rodriguez tell himself?

5. Who helps with shooting the chase scene?

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