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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two, "I Was A Human Lab Rat".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will Rodriguez' first feature length film be about?
(a) a musician who wants to become a mariachi
(b) a boy lost in the Mexican desert
(c) a man named The Mariachi with a guitar full of weapons,
(d) a family of sleepy siblings

2. Because of working with limited equipment and on a tight budget, what skill does Rodriguez develop?
(a) improvizational filming skills
(b) steady handheld camera skills
(c) location negotiation skills
(d) previsualization skills

3. What star does Gallardo suggest they try to get for their film?
(a) Ricardo Montalban
(b) Lina Santos
(c) Cantinflas
(d) Ricky Ricardo

4. What is the first scene Rodriguez completes as he writes his screenplay?
(a) The Mariachi sings to a beautiful woman.
(b) The Mariachi tries to find work at a cafe but is turned down.
(c) Azul gets a job singing at a Mexican cafe.
(d) A police chase ends in a fiery crash.

5. What offer does a Spanish action movie production company make to Rodriguez and Gallardo?
(a) to make a Spanish video action movie for him for $30,000
(b) to go on the company's payroll as directors
(c) to send them to a Mexican film school
(d) to buy all their short films

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Rodriguez get his earliest exposure to films?

3. What results if any of the rules are broken at the Pharmaco study?

4. Doing the Pharmaco study, what does Rodriguez call himself?

5. Who is Peter Marquardt?

(see the answer key)

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