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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. For what event is Rodriguez driving himself to finish editing El Mariachi?
(a) the Guinness Book of Records
(b) the official premier
(c) the Telluride Festival
(d) the general release of the film

2. What excites Rodriguez on July 8th, two weeks after his 24th birthday?
(a) at last receiving his final Columbia contract
(b) meeting Antonio Banderas
(c) finishing the edit on El Mariachi
(d) starting pre-production on a new film

3. What are the agents at ICM able to do?
(a) overcome Columbia's refusal to view the movie
(b) get the best bid for El Mariachi from Europe
(c) get Rodriguez the best visitor packages in Hollywood
(d) sell what is technically a foreign movie to a major American film company

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Making his speech, why does Rodriguez try to be as precise and technical as possible?

2. Why does Rodriguez want to explain his process to the world?

3. Who does Rodriguez run into again in Toronto?

4. Why does Rodriguez not like to work with professional editors?

5. What does Rodriguez ask about his per diem in Hollywood?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Briefly describe the changes in Rodriguez' life in just one year.

3. How do things go for EL MARIACHI at the Sundance Film Festival?

4. Describe the change in Rodriguez as his film gets audience approval at Telluride.

5. What annoys Rodriguez about the sound editing on his film?

6. What is the feeling about how things will turn out at Sundance?

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

8. Why does Rodriguez attend the Grammy Awards party and what kind of reception does he get?

9. Describe Rodriguez' emotions before the Telluride Film Festival.

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

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