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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tool is essential to figuring out one's path?

2. Lynch believes that creating a bad film is like:

3. Lynch claims that many people do not understand that creativity requires a great deal of which of the following:

4. Which color is not mentioned as one of the colors of consciousness?

5. Lynch believes that having someone ruin your film is like:

Short Essay Questions

1. What creates an initial idea? How do bigger ideas come into reality? How does Lynch feel about idea fragments?

2. Why does Lynch discount it when people say they are not informed enough to interpret cinema? What is a common bond between viewers?

3. Explain Lynch's breakthrough at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. How did the project start? What did it inspire?

4. Explain Lynch's attachment to anger and the project that evolved from that anger.

5. Why is rehearsal important? What is its purpose?

6. What scientific theory supported the effects of TM? What part of science developed and supported the theory? What other type of science supported the theory?

7. Who showed the scientific community proof that transcending is a real and measurable thing? How was it proven?

8. Explain how and why Lynch changed his thinking regarding TM.

9. Why does Lynch attach a visual image to transcendence? What is the image and its explanation?

10. Explain the definition and practice of transcendence. Is it easily achieved?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lynch claims that one's "art life" requires the art to come first? What does Lynch mean by that statement? What part of the artist's life is the most important? How does it fit in to every day life? Is it possible to create a balance and/or a compromise? How? What are the consequences of not making art first in one's life? What are the benefits? What are Lynch's thoughts on the subject? How did putting art first make a difference in Lynch's creativity and career?

Essay Topic 2

Explain in detail the scientific aspect to Transcendental Meditation. Which area of science is closely related to the practice and its by-products? How were the scientists able to analyze TM and its results using scientific data and equipment? What did the scientists find at the end of the experiment? Do you think there is more to find? What is the name of the theory given to this study? What was the final determination about the purpose and benefits of TM?

Essay Topic 3

Lynch is a big believer in "happy accidents." Explore the concept of happy accidents. What does Lynch mean? Discuss some of the examples cited by Lynch in the book. Do you think the incidents were really happy accidents or opportunities presenting themselves at the appropriate time? Do you believe in accidents? How might things work out differently for Lynch if the happy accidents ceased to exist? Explain.

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