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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rodriguez plan to finish the project early?
(a) by working day and night
(b) by shooting several scenes each day
(c) by filming in fast motion
(d) by cutting out part of the script

2. What results if any of the rules are broken at the Pharmaco study?
(a) extension of time in the study
(b) a fine deducted from the pay
(c) legal action
(d) expulsion from the program

3. Why is Rodriguez exhausted before going to Pharmaco?
(a) traveling back and forth to Mexico
(b) trying to keep his grades up at the University of Texas
(c) staying up late every night editing
(d) working hard on his short films and working two jobs

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which scenes of El Mariachi are shot first?

3. What does Rodriguez participate in to raise money?

4. What is ICM?

5. Who is Peter Marquardt?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rodriguez manage to shoot chase scenes and gun scenes in the movie?

2. Unable to talk a famous actress into being in their movie, how is the problem solved?

3. What happens on the last day of shooting EL MARIACHI?

4. What are some of Carlos Gallardo's contributions to the making of the movie aside from starring as El Mariachi.

5. What avenue does Rodriguez find for raising some quick cash?

6. What does Rodriguez' brief association with Alfonzo Arau and his wife give him the impetus to do?

7. What does Robert Rodriguez say helped him improve his academic record by his junior year in high school?

8. Discuss Rodriguez' period of depression during post production.

9. Describe the premise of the story for EL MARIACHI.

10. Tell something about Rodriguez' borrowed camera.

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