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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Two women who mistake Wallace for working for Harper's Bazaar compliment him on his magazine's _________.
(a) Recipes.
(b) Design.
(c) Editing.
(d) Advice.

3. What does Wallace attribute his tennis success to?
(a) Sun.
(b) Emotions.
(c) God.
(d) Wind.

4. Why was Wallace sent to the state fair?
(a) Because he is a native.
(b) Because he used to work for one.
(c) Because he volunteered.
(d) Because he enjoys them.

5. According to Wallace, how do commercials respond to the pressure for people to stop watching so much television?
(a) Commercials convince people television is reality.
(b) Commercials convince viewers they are smart.
(c) Commercials convince people they need more products.
(d) Commercials convince people they need television.

6. At the beginning of "E Unibus Pluram," what does Wallace describe fiction writers as enjoying?
(a) Playing sports.
(b) Traveling.
(c) Watching others.
(d) Reading.

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

8. What do the stall in the Expo Building sell?
(a) State propaganda.
(b) Camping equipment.
(c) Handmade crafts.
(d) Television infomercial products.

9. Why does Wallace see the baton twirling competition as dangerous?
(a) Because they twirl very fast.
(b) Because they throw the batons into the crowd.
(c) Because the batons are on fire.
(d) Because they twirl blindfolded.

10. Wallace claims that television teaches viewers that _______ is the most important quality in a person.
(a) Beauty.
(b) Talent.
(c) Being watched.
(d) Intelligence.

11. Why does Wallace get ill on his first day at the desert competition?
(a) Because he rode a rollercoaster.
(b) Because he hasn't slept.
(c) Because it's too hot.
(d) Because he eats too much.

12. Gilder believes technology can be solved with ________.
(a) More reading.
(b) More culture.
(c) Less technology.
(d) More technology.

13. Why does Wallace believe television is primarily detrimental to Americans?
(a) Because it only discusses America.
(b) Because they watch so much.
(c) Because it's selfindulgent.
(d) Because they are stupid.

14. Why does Wallace believe references to pop-culture are necessary?
(a) It makes the piece more fun.
(b) It makes the work more realistic.
(c) He was paid to say this.
(d) It defines the style.

15. After discussing sexual harassment with Native Companion, what does Wallace realize about East Coast women?
(a) They are afraid of men.
(b) They never get harassed.
(c) They don't enjoy anything.
(d) They enjoy complaining.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Hix's argument, "Morte d'Author," European post-structuralists argue what about authors?

2. Wallace studied Mathematics in college because the straight lines reminded him of what?

3. What television show does Wallace compare the cloggers to?

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

5. Wallace's thesis is that irony and ridicule are simultaneously entertaining and _______.

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