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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four, "Production".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Rodriguez find his photo?
(a) on the entertainment page of the Express News
(b) on the film school wall
(c) on the cover of Texas Times
(d) on the post office wall

2. What makes it necessary to improvise?
(a) the lack of experience
(b) the lack of actors
(c) the lack of funds
(d) the lack of time

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

4. What comes of the efforts to get Lina Santos, a Mexican movie and TV star, to act in El Mariachi?
(a) They never get in to see her.
(b) She agrees and then backs out.
(c) Her agent demands too much money.
(d) She still will not commit to being in the movie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What short Rodriguez film wins the University of Missouri Fine Arts Competition?

2. What is Rodriguez able to do when he has access to two VCRs?

3. What are three important locations Rodriguez and Gallardo look for in Mexico?

4. What is the first scene Rodriguez completes as he writes his screenplay?

5. When is Rodriguez informed that the owner of the borrowed camera will need it back?

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