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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 does Rodriguez have in addition to his large office at Columbia?
(a) a corporation based in Texas called Los Hooligans Productions, Inc
(b) an office on Rodeo Drive
(c) a house in Burbank, CA
(d) use of a private jet

2. What desperate thing does Rodriguez do while waiting for a check from Columbia?
(a) pawns his video camera
(b) drives a school bus
(c) sells his car
(d) works as a bartender in Texas

3. What does Rodriguez plan to use to film El Mariachi?
(a) a camera borrowed from his film professor
(b) equipment rented in Mexico
(c) a small video camera
(d) an Arriflex that he borrowed from a friend in Austin

4. What excites Rodriguez on July 8th, two weeks after his 24th birthday?
(a) finishing the edit on El Mariachi
(b) starting pre-production on a new film
(c) at last receiving his final Columbia contract
(d) meeting Antonio Banderas

5. Why does Rodriguez not like to work with professional editors?
(a) He feels that they take too long.
(b) He thinks that are not creative.
(c) He feels that they are too expensive.
(d) He feels that they do not really love the film

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Newman want to send El Mariachi?

2. What does Rodriguez' life seem like after making it in Hollywood?

3. How does Rodriguez sum up his pre-production activity for El Mariachi?

4. Which company was the only one that seemed to make a reasonable offer for EL MARIACHI?

5. What inspires Rodriguez enough to do two takes of one scene?

(see the answer key)

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