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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Wallace pass the time before boarding the cruise ship?
(a) Talking to others.
(b) Examining the ship.
(c) Eavesdropping.
(d) Reading.

2. What does Wallace observe the passengers on the cruise feel the need to justify?
(a) Their job.
(b) Their lifestyle.
(c) Their family.
(d) Their self-indulgence.

3. Wallace's first feeling about the cruise is _______.
(a) Indifference.
(b) Despair.
(c) Elation.
(d) Fear.

4. Wallace believes that Lynch's films are the most successful when what is developed?
(a) Plot.
(b) Context.
(c) Funds.
(d) Characters.

5. Why does Lynch urinate on trees in the middle of Los Angeles while filming "Lost Highway"?
(a) Because he likes the shock value.
(b) Because he's too busy to use a bathroom.
(c) Because he despises the city.
(d) Because it's in the movie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wallace's explanation for why Midwesterners are alienated?

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

3. Post-structuralists believe that although the historical context can aid a text, much of it really depends on what?

4. Hix comments that he feels the post-structuralists' argument makes the concept of an author _______.

5. How does Wallace believe "Lost Highway" can be interpreted?

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