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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 256-290.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After discussing Hix's argument, what is Wallace's final opinion on the argument over "authors"?
(a) It's too confusing.
(b) It's an endless argument.
(c) Neither side is right.
(d) It's pointless.

2. Hix comments that he feels the post-structuralists' argument makes the concept of an author _______.
(a) Incorrect.
(b) Perfect.
(c) Empty.
(d) Inflated.

3. Wallace imagines being on a cruise ship as similar to being where?
(a) At home.
(b) In the womb.
(c) In a hotel.
(d) In heaven.

4. What deeper truth about the cruise line does Conroy's essay reveal to Wallace?
(a) It's desperate for money.
(b) It's a charity organization.
(c) It wants something from the passenger.
(d) It's a CIA cover.

5. What is Wallace's assignment for the cruise essay?
(a) To critique the service.
(b) To write his experience.
(c) To advertise the service.
(d) To spy on a government official.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Wallace admire Lynch?

2. After "Dune," why did Lynch begin to work on smaller projects?

3. As a child, what did Wallace believe the purpose of carnivals was?

4. Wallace learns that people enter the Junior Livestock Competition for ______.

5. When did Lynch first become critically reviled?

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