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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. Wallace begins his essay on Michael Joyce, describing Joyce _______ serving a ball.
(a) First.
(b) Easily.
(c) Clumsily.
(d) Sharply.

2. Ethically, how does Wallace feel about Conroy's essay?
(a) It's a tribute to writing.
(b) It sets a high standard.
(c) It sets a low standard.
(d) It's advertising.

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

4. Which player does Wallace explain is the most famous of the contemporary power baseline players?
(a) Joyce.
(b) Brakus.
(c) Agassi.
(d) Borg.

5. Wallace describes an exchange between the hero and the villain in "Blue Velvet." What is Lynch showing the audience through this scene?
(a) That there is only one hero.
(b) That he is a good writer.
(c) That there is evil in everyone.
(d) That there is truth in every opinion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Wallace feel overwhelmed by the lecture on the ship's mechanical functions?

3. Where is Asymmetrical Productions conveniently located for Lynch?

4. Wallace feels ______ when walking through the boat during the storm.

5. Wallace explains that both elderly people and cruise ships are in need of tremendous _______.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Wallace time his absences from his cabin?

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

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

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

7. Why does Wallace consider tennis to be the most beautiful and demanding sport?

8. Throughout his time on the ship, does Wallace have good self-esteem? Why or why not?

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

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

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