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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rodriguez' life seem like after making it in Hollywood?
(a) like a fairy tale
(b) like a disaster
(c) like a nightmare
(d) like a whirlwind

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

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

4. After returning to Texas, which two Hollywood companies contact Rodriguez and want to fly him back to LA?
(a) Sean Penn and Bruce Willis
(b) Disney and Columbia
(c) Tri-Star and First Artists
(d) Warner Bros. and Paramount

5. What is said to determine the fate of El Mariachi?
(a) El Mariachi will be screened by a selected audience.
(b) Public reaction at a private screening will decide.
(c) Rodriguez must hurry and make a deal.
(d) The movie moguls will flip coins for the rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does EL MARIACHI do at the Sundance Festival?

2. What does the president of Miramax want to do?

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

4. What fear of Rodriquez' returns before the screening of his film?

5. What special treatment does Rodriguez receive in Hollywood?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rodriguez feel about the national release of his original film?

2. How does Rodriguez' insecurity show up during the bidding war for his movie and his services?

3. Relate the amusing reaction to Rodriguez' question about his per diem.

4. Give an example of how Rodriguez thinks about other people than himself.

5. What happens around the test screening of EL MARIACHI?

6. In what way does Rodriguez respond to skeptics?

7. What is the good news and bad news for Rodriguez as the negotiations for his movie continue?

8. What does Rodriguez learn about Hollywood that affects him personally while the negotiations continue?

9. Tell what comes of Rodriguez' contacting ICM.

10. Give an example of Rodriguez's frugality before the Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals.

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