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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nearly brings Rodriguez to a breakdown?
(a) Columbia nearly withdraws its offers.
(b) His remake will be directed by someone else.
(c) He is sued by Mex-American for breech of contract.
(d) His lawyer tells him not to cash his first $13,000 paycheck.

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

3. What young movie maker is also at the festival screening his film, RESERVOIR DOGS?
(a) Stephen Spielberg
(b) Quentin Tarantino
(c) John Landis
(d) Roger Corman

4. From whom does Rodriguez learn about professional jealousy in the world of filmmaking?
(a) from a former colleague
(b) from Antonio Banderas
(c) from the professor at the university
(d) from Gallardo

5. What small luxury does Rodriguez enjoy when he's back in Texas.
(a) He has time to plan his next movie.
(b) He drives a brand new car.
(c) He takes his wife out to expensive restaurants.
(d) He does not have to go anywhere in the morning.

6. Why is Alfonso Arau in Toronto?
(a) being honored as a stary in EL MARIACHI
(b) checking out ideas for his new movie
(c) introducing his wife to movie makers
(d) premiering his movie, Como Agua Para Chocolate

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

8. What are the Columbia people considering after the reception of EL MARIACHI at the film festival?
(a) having Rodriguez direct a new movie
(b) scrapping the whole project
(c) releasing the movie nationally
(d) giving Rodriguez a larger office

9. What is the bad news regarding EL MARIACHI?
(a) some theaters cancel its bookings
(b) forty feet of it is destroyed during the transfer process
(c) Mexican nationals picket the openings
(d) Columbia decides to go straight to video

10. What convinces Columbia that Rodriguez should write a sequel?
(a) Demand for the movie to be made in English.
(b) Very good notices in the press.
(c) Paramount tries to buy Rodriguez' contract.
(d) Very positive audience response in the test screening.

11. What talk shows is Rodriguez on as a guest?
(a) Tonight and Phil Donahue
(b) The Howard Stern Show and Late Night with David Letterman
(c) Good Morning America and Today on NBC
(d) Meet the Press and Oprah Winfrey

12. What is happening with Columbia Pictures?
(a) They are refusing Rodriguez's demands.
(b) Contracts are being negotiated for El Mariachi.
(c) They are debating whether to buy the film.
(d) Counter offers are being made.

13. For what is Rodriguez solicited after his speech at Sundance?
(a) for book deals
(b) for interviews and panels
(c) for contract negotiations
(d) for charity endorsements

14. Who is the first celebrity Rodriguez meets on a movie set?
(a) Pee Wee Herman
(b) Arnold Schwarzenegger
(c) Bruce Willis
(d) Angela Landsbury

15. What actor does Rodriguez meet who wants to be in his next film?
(a) Cheech Marin
(b) Erik Estrada
(c) Julio Iglasias
(d) David Hasselhoff

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some skeptics accuse Rodriguez of?

2. What does Newman tell Rodriguez about the major film companies in Hollywood?

3. What does a critic say about EL MARIACHI?

4. What does the movie poster prove to Rodriguez, Peter, and Gallardo?

5. What good luck finally comes to Rodriguez?

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