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

2. 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) takes an ad out in Variety
(d) goes on Jay Leno Show

3. What does Rodriguez say a film school teaches?
(a) how to make a big budget movie or how to make contacts
(b) how to buy expensive equipment
(c) how to find investors for a movie project
(d) how to enter film contests

4. Who are the actors in Rodriguez' short film, Bedhead?
(a) homeless people
(b) schoolmates
(c) his siblings
(d) animals

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Juan Suarez offer to do for the movie?

2. What advice does Rodriguez recall as he starts work on his movie?

3. How does Rodriguez plan to make single shot weapons appear to be semi-automatic?

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

5. What is Rodriguez given in order to edit his film?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the story of REBEL WITHOUT A CREW written?

3. What kind of publicity does Rodriguez receive while shooting the movie?

4. At what age did Rodriguez get interested in making movies and how did it begin?

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

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

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

8. Describe the continuity problem caused by the heat on the set of EL MARIACHI.

9. How does Rodriguez begin trying to market his film?

10. What does Rodriguez write about getting into the Pharmaco study?

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