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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. What frightens Wallace about his bathroom?
(a) The water pressure.
(b) The slippery tiles.
(c) The vacuum toilet.
(d) The electrical outlets.

2. Wallace explains that Joyce is in the top _____ tennis players.
(a) 10.
(b) 100.
(c) 50.
(d) 1,000.

3. Wallace imagines being on a cruise ship as similar to being where?
(a) In the womb.
(b) In a hotel.
(c) In heaven.
(d) At home.

4. Wallace uses Borg as an example of ________ tennis style.
(a) Tentative.
(b) Clumsy.
(c) Defensive.
(d) Common.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Wallace compares Ellery and Don Rickles in terms of ______.

2. What church activity on the ship does no one participate in?

3. Why doesn't Wallace get off the boat in Mexico?

4. What does Wallace think will happen to Arquette because of "Lost Highway"?

5. Scott Peterson's story about his wife turns out not to be a story but a _______.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Does Lynch's ex-wife have any role in the film? What is her relation to "Lost Highway"?

5. What does Wallace feel elderly people and the cruise ship have in common? Does he feel these two are an appropriate pairing?

6. Does Wallace respond to the Celebrity Cruise brochure the way the brochure intends? Why?

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

8. Does Wallace get seasick? Why or why not?

9. Was the brochure for the cruise ship misleading? What does Wallace observe about this?

10. What is Ellery supposed to represent?

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