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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Rodriguez tell NPR?
(a) He always knew he would make it to Hollywood.
(b) He makes movies for the money and fame.
(c) He likes the technical part of movie making the best.
(d) He thought he would make it to Hollywood.

3. After Telluride, where does Rodriguez take his film next?
(a) the Toronto Film Festival
(b) the Sundance Film Festival
(c) the Miami Film Festival
(d) the Los Angeles Film Festival

4. Why does Rodriguez want to explain his process to the world?
(a) to teach a moral lesson
(b) to let people know what a genius he is
(c) to bring down the Hollywood moguls
(d) to let people know anyone can make a movie

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

6. What does a critic say about EL MARIACHI?
(a) He would rather be in Hawaii.
(b) He has heard it is amateurish.
(c) He gets bored at festival screenings.
(d) He cannot wait to see it.

7. Where does Rodriguez meet Gary Oldman and Francis Ford Coppola?
(a) at a movie premiere
(b) shopping on Rodeo Drive
(c) in the Columbia commissary
(d) at the Golden Globe Awards

8. 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

9. What desperate thing does Rodriguez do while waiting for a check from Columbia?
(a) drives a school bus
(b) works as a bartender in Texas
(c) pawns his video camera
(d) sells his car

10. How does EL MARIACHI do at the Sundance Festival?
(a) very well
(b) It is cancelled
(c) so so
(d) It bombs

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

12. Where does Rodriguez get the studio to do the first release of his movie?
(a) Juarez, Mexico
(b) Austin, Texas
(c) El Paso, Texas
(d) Toronto, Canada

13. What do the festival organizers decide to do after EL MARIACHI becomes so popular?
(a) Take the movie out of the competition.
(b) They decide to add two more screenings.
(c) Get Rodrigues to hold a seminar.
(d) Invite Rodriguez back again next year.

14. What does Rodriguez constantly have to explain?
(a) why his film became so popular
(b) how he got into film making in the first place
(c) how he managed to keep the cost of production so low
(d) why he turned down so many offers before

15. What do some skeptics accuse Rodriguez of?
(a) plagerism
(b) seeking personal glory
(c) lying about the cost of the movie
(d) getting the big head

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Columbia people considering after the reception of EL MARIACHI at the film festival?

2. What do Rodriguez, Gallardo, and Peter see at the festival for the first time?

3. What does Columbia do when Rodriguez turns down a $100,000 offer?

4. What is the bad news regarding EL MARIACHI?

5. Why are Peter and Gallardo at the Sundance festival with Rodriguez?

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