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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Short on money, how to Rodriguez and Gallardo arrange their trip to Los Angeles?
(a) hopping a freight car to LA and sleeping in a park
(b) hitchhiking to Los Angeles
(c) taking the bus to Los Angeles and staying at the YMCA
(d) driving to Los Angeles and staying at a friend's place

2. What is Javier's offer for the rights to EL MARIACHI?
(a) $10,000
(b) $7,000
(c) $1,000 plus a percentage of the gorss
(d) $25,000

3. What is Rodriguez given in order to edit his film?
(a) good advice from his university professor
(b) access to old equipment at the cable station
(c) access to modern editing equipment at the university
(d) a grant for having his movie edited

4. What is ICM?
(a) a small fim producing copany
(b) International Cinema Marketing
(c) a distribution company
(d) a major talent agency

5. Where do Rodriguez' first short films get shown?
(a) in class at his high school
(b) in a sports bar in Mexico
(c) in his garage
(d) a Mexican local television channel and in dance clubs

6. What are the weapons used in the film?
(a) guns rented from a pawnshop
(b) real guns borrowed from the police
(c) army surplus guns
(d) plastic toy store guns

7. Why does Rodriguez suddenly think he can make a good profit with EL MARIACHI?
(a) Compared to other films, his had better quality.
(b) Private showings have gotten rave reviews.
(c) The trailer has received great reviews.
(d) Several companies express an interest in the film.

8. What does Juan Suarez offer to do for the movie?
(a) to make the costumes
(b) to compose music for the movie
(c) to hold the camera
(d) to find locations

9. How does Rodriguez plan to make single shot weapons appear to be semi-automatic?
(a) though a soft filter lens
(b) through prop enhancement
(c) through digital manipuation
(d) through careful editing

10. What is Robert Rodriguez' classic film made on a budget of $7000?
(a) Los Hooligans
(b) Bedhead
(c) El Lobo
(d) El Mariachi

11. What daring thing does Rodriguez do in Hollywood?
(a) walks into the office of the president of Warner Bros.
(b) sends his tape to ICM
(c) goes on Jay Leno Show
(d) takes an ad out in Variety

12. How does Rodriguez refer to Gallardo to the media who want to interview him?
(a) as the one who wants to be famous
(b) as the one who does all the talking
(c) as the one who is financing the movie
(d) as the one who has all the ideas

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

14. What interests the professor in Rodriquez' work?
(a) that he has never won a short film award
(b) that his short films are creative but rough
(c) that his award-winning short films were done by him alone
(d) that his work shows signs of genius

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Peter Marquardt?

2. What does he learn how to do because of needing to do only one take of a scene?

3. What makes it necessary to improvise?

4. What does Rodriguez think is the most important thing for attracting a distributor?

5. Who are the actors in Rodriguez' short film, Bedhead?

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