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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eleven, "Postproduction, Take 3".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what news does Rodriguez not really know how to react?
(a) the mention of an Academy Award nomination
(b) the national release of El Mariachi
(c) the plans to film a sequel
(d) the shelving of the entire project

2. How does Rodriguez refer to his operation while making El Mariachi?
(a) el estupido productions
(b) el cheapo productions
(c) la luna productions
(d) los locos productions

3. After seeing El Mariachi, what do the agents at ICM want to do?
(a) They want to pass him on to another agent.
(b) They want to criticize his film.
(c) They want to stop answering his calls.
(d) They immediately want to become Rodriguez' agents.

4. 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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rodriguez eager to make?

2. What does Juan Suarez offer to do for the movie?

3. Where does Rodriguez meet Tarantino again?

4. What news about Rodriguez spreads fast around Hollywood?

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

(see the answer key)

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