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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Based on the brochure, what does Wallace anticipate he will do on the cruise?
(a) Lots of labor.
(b) Write.
(c) Learn about sailing.
(d) Nothing.

2. Why is Wallace able to spend so much time talking to Tibor?
(a) There are no other diners.
(b) Wallace doesn't talk to anyone else.
(c) All the other diners are unfriendly.
(d) Wallace pays him.

3. How does Joyce respond to the people he has to compete against at the qualifying matches?
(a) He's very polite.
(b) He doesn't complain.
(c) He is cruel to them.
(d) He's violent.

4. Scott Peterson's story about his wife turns out not to be a story but a _______.
(a) Lesson.
(b) Crude joke.
(c) Warning.
(d) Metaphor.

5. Wallace compares Ellery and Don Rickles in terms of ______.
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Charisma.
(c) Personality.
(d) Rudeness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lynch rarely use minorities in his films?

2. Wallace sees that elderly people and a ship have _______ in common.

3. Wallace imagines being on a cruise ship as similar to being where?

4. Other than tennis, what does Joyce enjoy?

5. Why, according to Wallace, is tennis the most demanding sport?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wallace feel about his Celebrity Cruise assignment?

2. Why does Wallace sit alone at breakfast on the cruise ship?

3. Does Wallace give credit to Lynch's critics? What is his opinion of them?

4. How does Wallace anticipate he will be treated on the cruise ship? Why does he think this?

5. Why does Wallace say he is on the fence about Lynch casing Richard Pryor?

6. How does Wallace feel about Conroy's Celebrity Cruise essay?

7. Why does Wallace ultimately spend most of his time alone on the ship?

8. When the ship docks in Cozumel, Mexico, why doesn't Wallace get off the ship?

9. Why does Wallace explain Michael Joyce to the reader?

10. Why doesn't Wallace leave his cabin on the cruise ship?

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