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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 Wallace speculate Lynch doesn't intend for "Lost Highway"?
(a) For it to make sense.
(b) For it to win an award.
(c) For it to impact anyone.
(d) For it to be successful.

2. What about Leyner's image-fiction made Wallace wonder if pop-culture is all people have become?
(a) Leyner is very involved in making pop-culture.
(b) Leyner praises pop-culture.
(c) Leyner's heavy use of pop-culture references.
(d) Leyner is a pop-culture character.

3. How does Wallace believe "Lost Highway" can be interpreted?
(a) As an epilogue.
(b) As a social commentary.
(c) As a piece of religious propaganda.
(d) In many ways.

4. Why is Wallace able to get into the desert competition at the state fair?
(a) He bribes someone.
(b) They need more participants.
(c) There is no ID check.
(d) They think he's from a different magazine.

5. What charity do Brenda Edgar and Ronald McDonald discuss with the press?
(a) A charity for developing countries.
(b) A charity run by the church.
(c) A charity for homeless families.
(d) A charity for abused children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the majority of the audience of the clogging competition?

2. Wallace explains that "Kmart People" can only be found in ________.

3. What does Wallace believe about the dialogue in six hours worth of television?

4. What activity other than tennis does Wallace cite as using geometry?

5. Why does Wallace see the baton twirling competition as dangerous?

Short Essay Questions

1. What connection does Wallace see between tennis, geography, and the wind?

2. According to Wallace, what does television reference?

3. Does Wallace agree with Hix's argument about "authors"? Why or why not?

4. How does sexual harassment make a clear distinction between Eastern and Midwestern women for Wallace?

5. Why was Wallace assigned to the Illinois State Fair article for Harper's?

6. After listening to Governor Jim Edgar's speech, how does Wallace feel about Illinois? Why?

7. Does the plot of "Lost Highway" make sense? Is it supposed to make sense?

8. Does Wallace's visit to the stockyard barns affect Wallace at all? Why or why not?

9. According to Wallace, what tendencies does television appeal to? Who is television's target?

10. What is a "Lynchian" film?

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