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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine, "Postproduction, Take 2".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nearly brings Rodriguez to a breakdown?
(a) Columbia nearly withdraws its offers.
(b) His lawyer tells him not to cash his first $13,000 paycheck.
(c) He is sued by Mex-American for breech of contract.
(d) His remake will be directed by someone else.

2. What small luxury does Rodriguez enjoy when he's back in Texas.
(a) He drives a brand new car.
(b) He takes his wife out to expensive restaurants.
(c) He does not have to go anywhere in the morning.
(d) He has time to plan his next movie.

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

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

5. Doing the Pharmaco study, what does Rodriguez call himself?
(a) a pin cushion
(b) a starving artist
(c) a human lab rat
(d) a vampire bat

Short Answer Questions

1. What is ICM?

2. Why does Rodriguez have to work faster at the cable station?

3. What do Rodriguez and Gallardo do to scope out the competition?

4. What is Rodriguez given in order to edit his film?

5. Why does Rodriguez overlook small mistakes he notices while shooting El Mariachi?

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