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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 213-255.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In college, Wallace began to fall behind in his peers _______.
(a) Creatively.
(b) Physically.
(c) Mentally.
(d) Intellectually.

3. When did Lynch first become critically reviled?
(a) When he started working in TV.
(b) After the second season of "Twin Peaks."
(c) When he got divorced.
(d) After "Blue Velvet."

4. Why does Wallace see fighting irony as "impossible"?
(a) It is too powerful.
(b) It insults those who question it.
(c) People enjoy it.
(d) It's an integral part of the world.

5. Why, according to Wallace, is tennis the most demanding sport?
(a) It requires calculations of more variables.
(b) It requires more strength.
(c) It requires more practice.
(d) It requires more funding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wallace speculates that there might be a _______point to Lynch using his ex-wife's paintings in "Lost Highway."

2. What word does Wallace use to define "Lynchian"?

3. Other than tennis, what does Joyce enjoy?

4. Gilder believes technology can be solved with ________.

5. According to Wallace, how do commercials respond to the pressure for people to stop watching so much television?

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