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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does EL MARIACHI do at the Sundance Festival?
(a) so so
(b) very well
(c) It is cancelled
(d) It bombs
2. What does Rodriguez admit to Jim, a fellow Texan?
(a) that he hates Hollywood
(b) that he hates film editing
(c) that he is a fraud
(d) that he was just lucky
3. What does Rodriguez' life seem like after making it in Hollywood?
(a) like a whirlwind
(b) like a disaster
(c) like a nightmare
(d) like a fairy tale
4. After seeing El Mariachi, what do the agents at ICM want to do?
(a) They want to stop answering his calls.
(b) They want to pass him on to another agent.
(c) They want to criticize his film.
(d) They immediately want to become Rodriguez' agents.
5. What are the agents at ICM able to do?
(a) get the best bid for El Mariachi from Europe
(b) sell what is technically a foreign movie to a major American film company
(c) get Rodriguez the best visitor packages in Hollywood
(d) overcome Columbia's refusal to view the movie
6. What talk shows is Rodriguez on as a guest?
(a) Good Morning America and Today on NBC
(b) The Howard Stern Show and Late Night with David Letterman
(c) Meet the Press and Oprah Winfrey
(d) Tonight and Phil Donahue
7. What special invitation is EL MARIACHI given?
(a) the Venice Film Festival
(b) the Mexico City Film Festival
(c) the National Arts Institute Festival
(d) the Sundance Film Festival
8. What good luck finally comes to Rodriguez?
(a) landing an agent and a Hollywood contract for El Mariachi
(b) making another award winning short film
(c) getting a star for his next movie
(d) getting a free ticket to New York
9. After returning to Texas, which two Hollywood companies contact Rodriguez and want to fly him back to LA?
(a) Warner Bros. and Paramount
(b) Disney and Columbia
(c) Sean Penn and Bruce Willis
(d) Tri-Star and First Artists
10. Who goes with Rodriguez to Toronto?
(a) Gallardo
(b) Newman
(c) Elizabeth
(d) Alfonzo
11. Where does Rodriguez meet Gary Oldman and Francis Ford Coppola?
(a) at the Golden Globe Awards
(b) shopping on Rodeo Drive
(c) at a movie premiere
(d) in the Columbia commissary
12. What does John Watson, a producer, tell Rodriguez?
(a) He may just be a flash in the pan.
(b) The public will inevitably turn on him.
(c) The popularity of the movie will work against him.
(d) He will never repeat what he did in EL MARIACHI.
13. What does the president of Miramax want to do?
(a) to hire him to write scripts
(b) to buy his next film
(c) to purchase and release the original El Mariachi
(d) to shoot a full length film of Bedhead
14. Who greets Rodriguez and Gallardo when they arrive at the Grammy party?
(a) the cast of Fame
(b) Miss Universe
(c) an army of photographers
(d) Rita Moreno
15. Why are Peter and Gallardo at the Sundance festival with Rodriguez?
(a) They are getting paid to attend.
(b) They are both actors in El Mariachi.
(c) They are jealous of Rodriguez's popularity.
(d) They need a vacation.
Short Answer Questions
1. What news about Rodriguez spreads fast around Hollywood?
2. Why does Rodriguez travel all over the U.S.A.?
3. In the meantime, what happens with the short film, Bedhead?
4. Why does the Grammy Awards show EL MARIACHI at its party?
5. Even though enormous sums of money are being dangled in front of him, what is Rodriguez' actual financial condition?
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