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

3. What does Rodriguez classify as the main reason for professional incompetence in making movies?
(a) lack of vision
(b) too much technical training
(c) not much innovation
(d) the waste of money

4. How do Rodriguez and Gallardo meet all the people who end up helping them?
(a) at the film school
(b) through advertisements
(c) through an agency
(d) by accident

5. Where does Rodriguez meet Tarantino again?
(a) in the Hollywood Bowl
(b) at a Directors' Guild of America meeting
(c) in an interview of young filmmakers
(d) in a producers' bargaining session with directors

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Gallardo's contributions to making El Mariachi?

2. What is Rodriguez eager to make?

3. What does a theater owner in Austin, Texas, tell Rodriguez he is doing?

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

5. Who is Consuelo Gomez?

(see the answer key)

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