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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Rodriguez refer to his operation while making El Mariachi?
2. Why does Rodriguez overlook small mistakes he notices while shooting El Mariachi?
3. What comes with the next prize Bedhead wins in a film competition?
4. What does the budget for transferring the film to video come in at?
5. Why does Newman call Rodriguez?
Short Essay Questions
1. What avenue does Rodriguez find for raising some quick cash?
2. Relate Rodriguez' encounter with the media when his trailer is aired on public television.
3. What does Robert Rodriguez say helped him improve his academic record by his junior year in high school?
4. Unable to talk a famous actress into being in their movie, how is the problem solved?
5. Where do Rodriguez and Gallardo first try to sell the movie?
6. At what age did Rodriguez get interested in making movies and how did it begin?
7. What happens on the last day of shooting EL MARIACHI?
8. Tell something about Rodriguez' borrowed camera.
9. How is the story of REBEL WITHOUT A CREW written?
10. How do Rodriguez and Peter become friends in the Pharmaco dormitory?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay about the importance of having family support. The support here does not mean financial support. It means the approval and encouragement one gets from people he or she loves. Rodriguez makes a good example of this.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about creativity. From the way Rodriguez had to be creative to get his movie made, write you essay about how creativity can overcome obstacles when following a dream. In your essay write about using your own mind rather than just accepting what other people tell you. Refer to Rodriguez' being told it was impossible to make a feature length movie for under $8,000.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay entitled, LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS AND NOT PROBLEMS. Start with Rodriguez as an example. Then write your essay about how dwelling on problems rather than looking for solutions to any situation in life is self-defeating.
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