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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. What does Rodriguez participate in to raise money?
2. What do they use for a dolly to move the camera in some scenes?
3. What is the best way to describe Rodriguez' style of film making?
4. What is Rodriguez able to do when he has access to two VCRs?
5. What is the advantage to Rodriguez after being admitted into the University of Texas film school?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Rodriguez and Peter become friends in the Pharmaco dormitory?
2. In Mexico, what is Rodriguez' first experience on a real movie set?
3. What does Robert Rodriguez say helped him improve his academic record by his junior year in high school?
4. How is the story of REBEL WITHOUT A CREW written?
5. At what age did Rodriguez get interested in making movies and how did it begin?
6. Why does Rodriguez turn down the first offer he is given for the movie?
7. What does Rodriguez' brief association with Alfonzo Arau and his wife give him the impetus to do?
8. Unable to talk a famous actress into being in their movie, how is the problem solved?
9. What happens on the last day of shooting EL MARIACHI?
10. What does Rodriguez write about getting into the Pharmaco study?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay about helping others succeed. Using Rodriguez as an example, discuss the importance of helping others, especially younger people, learn how to accomplish their dreams.
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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