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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 advice does Rodriguez recall as he starts work on his movie?
(a) always hire someone to do the technical jobs
(b) being creative is all you need to succeed
(c) being creative and technical is better
(d) it takes at least $30,000 to make a movie

2. What good luck finally comes to Rodriguez?
(a) landing an agent and a Hollywood contract for El Mariachi
(b) getting a free ticket to New York
(c) making another award winning short film
(d) getting a star for his next movie

3. What comes of the efforts to get Lina Santos, a Mexican movie and TV star, to act in El Mariachi?
(a) She agrees and then backs out.
(b) She still will not commit to being in the movie.
(c) Her agent demands too much money.
(d) They never get in to see her.

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

5. Who greets Rodriguez and Gallardo when they arrive at the Grammy party?
(a) Miss Universe
(b) the cast of Fame
(c) an army of photographers
(d) Rita Moreno

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rodriguez refer to his operation while making El Mariachi?

2. What does Rodriguez say a film school teaches?

3. What nearly brings Rodriguez to a breakdown?

4. Where does Rodriguez realize he was just one year ago on his 23rd birthday?

5. Why are Peter and Gallardo at the Sundance festival with Rodriguez?

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