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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What interests the professor in Rodriquez' work?
(a) that he has never won a short film award
(b) that his work shows signs of genius
(c) that his short films are creative but rough
(d) that his award-winning short films were done by him alone

2. What is Rodriguez able to do when he has access to two VCRs?
(a) shoot from multiple camera angles
(b) make two movies at one time
(c) add titles to his films
(d) edit his films

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

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

5. How does Rodriguez obtain his first VCR?
(a) through his father's love for gadgets
(b) through a sales promotion with no money down
(c) through winning a contest
(d) through his wife's brother's hobby

Short Answer Questions

1. What offer does a Spanish action movie production company make to Rodriguez and Gallardo?

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

3. What does Rodriguez participate in to raise money?

4. What does Rodriguez think will compensate for any inadequacies in costuming?

5. What program does Rodriguez apply for at Pharmaco?

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