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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Wallace believe is the only way for an individual to define "Lynchian"?
(a) By seeing it.
(b) By looking it up.
(c) It can't be defined.
(d) By meeting Lynch.

3. What natural disaster does Jim Edgar discuss with the press?
(a) The earthquake.
(b) The flood.
(c) The tornado.
(d) The hurricane.

4. Why doesn't Wallace get seasick?
(a) Because he's an experienced sailor.
(b) Because he suffers from other types of motion sickness.
(c) Because he's immune to motion sickness.
(d) Because the ship is steady.

5. What movie does Wallace specifically cite that is directly influenced by "Blue Velvet"?
(a) "Reservoir Dogs."
(b) "Titanic."
(c) "Six Degrees of Separation."
(d) "Avatar."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Wallace pass the time before boarding the cruise ship?

2. Wallace compares the brochure's affect to a ________.

3. What is Wallace's assignment for the cruise essay?

4. What does Wallace speculate Lynch doesn't intend for "Lost Highway"?

5. After seeing the distressed pigs at the livestock barns, why does Wallace feel hypocritical?

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