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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Rodriguez and Gallardo rate the Spanish films starring at least one famous actor?
(a) exciting
(b) bad
(c) well made
(d) serious competition

2. In LA, what do Rodriguez and Gallardo do to find a buyer?
(a) take out ads in the LA Times
(b) go door-to-door to sell El Mariachi
(c) have free showings of El Mariachi
(d) get on TV and push their product

3. What is the significance of June 20th for Rodriguez?
(a) the day he wins another film contest
(b) the day he leaves the Pharmaco study
(c) his 23rd birthday
(d) his first day of shooting The Mariachi

4. What does Rodriguez plan to do about using a camera he is not familiar with?
(a) take a crash course
(b) read the owner's manual
(c) improvise and learn the hard way
(d) hire a good cameraman

5. How does Rodriguez decide to label his film in the credits?
(a) A Los Hooligans Production
(b) A Gallardo/Rodriguez Production
(c) A Rodgal Production
(d) A Small Wonder Production

6. What are Gallardo's contributions to making El Mariachi?
(a) carrying equipment and setting up lights
(b) composing the music and doing the sound effects
(c) securing permission, using his relations, and finding actors
(d) editing the script and doing the titles

7. What comes with the next prize Bedhead wins in a film competition?
(a) $700 that he will use in El Mariachi
(b) a new 16mm movie camera
(c) a school scholarship
(d) an offer to go to Hollywood

8. How does Rodriguez refer to his operation while making El Mariachi?
(a) los locos productions
(b) el cheapo productions
(c) el estupido productions
(d) la luna productions

9. What does El Mariachi receive on airing its trailer on public access TV?
(a) positive responses from viewers
(b) negative reviews by critics
(c) an offer to finance the film
(d) inquiries about where the film was made

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

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

12. What are three important locations Rodriguez and Gallardo look for in Mexico?
(a) a courtroom, a bar, and a theater
(b) a bar, a jail, and a bedroom
(c) a jail, a ranch, and a bank
(d) a market, a hotel, and a slum

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

14. Which scenes of El Mariachi are shot first?
(a) the swimming pool scenes
(b) those with Reinol Martinez, the man who plays Azul
(c) the musical scenes
(d) the gunfight scenes in the jail

15. What does Rodriguez plan to use to film El Mariachi?
(a) an Arriflex that he borrowed from a friend in Austin
(b) equipment rented in Mexico
(c) a small video camera
(d) a camera borrowed from his film professor

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rodriguez think will compensate for any inadequacies in costuming?

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

3. Why is Rodriguez exhausted before going to Pharmaco?

4. What is on Rodriguez' demo tape?

5. What is Robert Rodriguez' classic film made on a budget of $7000?

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