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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) at the Golden Globe Awards
(b) in the Columbia commissary
(c) shopping on Rodeo Drive
(d) at a movie premiere

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

3. Where does Newman want to send El Mariachi?
(a) to the Cannes Festival
(b) to the Argentine film festival
(c) to Antonio Banderas
(d) to Spain

4. To what news does Rodriguez not really know how to react?
(a) the national release of El Mariachi
(b) the mention of an Academy Award nomination
(c) the plans to film a sequel
(d) the shelving of the entire project

5. What does Rodriguez decide he wants, even if he works for Hollywood?
(a) to work on location in Mexico
(b) to have his own airplane
(c) to reside in Texas
(d) to live in Beverly Hills

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What news about Rodriguez spreads fast around Hollywood?

3. What good luck finally comes to Rodriguez?

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

5. In the meantime, what happens with the short film, Bedhead?

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