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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eleven, "Postproduction, Take 3".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Rodriguez meet Gary Oldman and Francis Ford Coppola?
(a) in the Columbia commissary
(b) at the Golden Globe Awards
(c) at a movie premiere
(d) shopping on Rodeo Drive

2. Who is the first celebrity Rodriguez meets on a movie set?
(a) Arnold Schwarzenegger
(b) Pee Wee Herman
(c) Bruce Willis
(d) Angela Landsbury

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

4. What are three important locations Rodriguez and Gallardo look for in Mexico?
(a) a bar, a jail, and a bedroom
(b) a market, a hotel, and a slum
(c) a jail, a ranch, and a bank
(d) a courtroom, a bar, and a theater

5. Where does Rodriguez get the studio to do the first release of his movie?
(a) Toronto, Canada
(b) Juarez, Mexico
(c) Austin, Texas
(d) El Paso, Texas

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rodriguez classify as the main reason for professional incompetence in making movies?

2. What does Juan Suarez offer to do for the movie?

3. What does Rodriguez decide he wants, even if he works for Hollywood?

4. Where does Newman want to send El Mariachi?

5. How do Rodriguez and Gallardo meet all the people who end up helping them?

(see the answer key)

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