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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue: The Curse of El Mariachi.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rodriguez able to do when he has access to two VCRs?
(a) shoot from multiple camera angles
(b) add titles to his films
(c) make two movies at one time
(d) edit his films

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

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

4. What does Rodriguez ask about his per diem in Hollywood?
(a) if it will come out of his royalties
(b) if it will be doubled when his wife joins him
(c) if he can keep what he doesn't spend
(d) if he has to give an expense report

5. Where do Rodriguez' first short films get shown?
(a) in his garage
(b) a Mexican local television channel and in dance clubs
(c) in a sports bar in Mexico
(d) in class at his high school

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first celebrity Rodriguez meets on a movie set?

2. Even though enormous sums of money are being dangled in front of him, what is Rodriguez' actual financial condition?

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

4. What short Rodriguez film wins the University of Missouri Fine Arts Competition?

5. Why does the Grammy Awards show EL MARIACHI at its party?

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