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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Wallace feel overwhelmed by the lecture on the ship's mechanical functions?
(a) He's afraid the ship will sink.
(b) There are too many facts.
(c) The speaker is harsh.
(d) The volume is loud.

2. Where does Wallace's Celebrity Cruise start?
(a) Texas.
(b) California.
(c) Cape Cod.
(d) Florida.

3. Why does Wallace explain the incident between him and a porter on the ship?
(a) To illustrate the luxury of the ship.
(b) To create a metaphor.
(c) To complain about the service.
(d) To show his conversational abilities.

4. Wallace uses McEnroe as an example of ________ tennis style.
(a) Defensive.
(b) Offensive.
(c) Contemporary.
(d) Joyce's.

5. What does Wallace believe Lynch's painting experience has helped him with?
(a) Being creative.
(b) Expressing stories without irony.
(c) Enhancing subtleties.
(d) Focusing on the beauty of a scene.

6. When Wallace carries his own bag, what happens to the porter?
(a) He's fired.
(b) He's ignored.
(c) He's put to work.
(d) He's disciplined.

7. What activity sends other passengers running for cover?
(a) Darts.
(b) Bowling.
(c) Skeet shooting.
(d) Ping pong.

8. What does Wallace believe "Lost Highway" will do for Blake's career?
(a) Revive it.
(b) End it.
(c) Type-cast him.
(d) Turn him into a director.

9. Wallace believes passengers enjoy and resent Ellery's ______.
(a) Facial expressions.
(b) Comedy.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Abuse.

10. Wallace explains that despite Joyce's youthful appearance, he wears a ______ expression on his face while playing.
(a) Happy.
(b) Determined.
(c) Sad.
(d) Angry.

11. Wallace explains that Lynch's films are different from the _____ plays most Americans are used to.
(a) Morality.
(b) Comedy.
(c) Shallow.
(d) Short.

12. Why doesn't Wallace get off the boat in Mexico?
(a) He wants to sleep.
(b) He is agoraphobic.
(c) He doesn't want to look like a tourist.
(d) He has a better view.

13. Wallace feels ______ when walking through the boat during the storm.
(a) Overweight.
(b) Clumsy.
(c) Sick.
(d) Dreamy.

14. Where is Asymmetrical Productions conveniently located for Lynch?
(a) Next to his home.
(b) Downtown.
(c) In his house.
(d) Near the set.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wallace see Joyce's criticism of Brakus as?

2. What does the Dreamward have more of than the Nadir?

3. What is the most common word used to criticize Lynch's movies?

4. Based on the brochure, what does Wallace anticipate he will do on the cruise?

5. When looking at the Dreamward, what does Wallace want?

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