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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Wallace able to get into the desert competition at the state fair?
(a) There is no ID check.
(b) They need more participants.
(c) He bribes someone.
(d) They think he's from a different magazine.

2. Wallace learns that people enter the Junior Livestock Competition for ______.
(a) Their parents.
(b) Fame.
(c) Pride.
(d) Money.

3. At the beginning of "E Unibus Pluram," what does Wallace describe fiction writers as enjoying?
(a) Reading.
(b) Playing sports.
(c) Watching others.
(d) Traveling.

4. Hix comments that he feels the post-structuralists' argument makes the concept of an author _______.
(a) Incorrect.
(b) Perfect.
(c) Empty.
(d) Inflated.

5. As a child, what did Wallace believe the purpose of carnivals was?
(a) To make money.
(b) To inspire community.
(c) To praise God.
(d) To entertain him.

6. When did Lynch first become critically reviled?
(a) When he started working in TV.
(b) When he got divorced.
(c) After "Blue Velvet."
(d) After the second season of "Twin Peaks."

7. Who are the majority of the audience of the clogging competition?
(a) Agriculture executives.
(b) Other competitors.
(c) Journalists.
(d) Mothers and children.

8. Two women who mistake Wallace for working for Harper's Bazaar compliment him on his magazine's _________.
(a) Design.
(b) Advice.
(c) Recipes.
(d) Editing.

9. Why does Wallace call his tennis style "creative"?
(a) It accepts nature.
(b) It is basic.
(c) It ignores convention.
(d) It's like a dance.

10. In the Midwest, how are people supposed to respond to a tornado during a tennis match?
(a) Get under the benches.
(b) Go to a nearby ditch.
(c) Go home.
(d) Gather together.

11. Why can't Wallace watch the car race?
(a) It's too long.
(b) It's not entertaining.
(c) It's too dangerous.
(d) It's too noisy.

12. What does Wallace speculate Lynch doesn't intend for "Lost Highway"?
(a) For it to be successful.
(b) For it to make sense.
(c) For it to win an award.
(d) For it to impact anyone.

13. What about Leyner's image-fiction made Wallace wonder if pop-culture is all people have become?
(a) Leyner is very involved in making pop-culture.
(b) Leyner praises pop-culture.
(c) Leyner is a pop-culture character.
(d) Leyner's heavy use of pop-culture references.

14. Wallace describes his tennis career as ______ successful.
(a) Moderately.
(b) Wildly.
(c) Less than.
(d) Briefly.

15. What ride is Wallace kicked off of?
(a) A ride meant for small children.
(b) A broken ride.
(c) A ride meant for the elderly.
(d) The one he vomited on.

Short Answer Questions

1. The clogger competition leaves Wallace with a sense of a specific ______.

2. Wallace believes that Lynch's films are the most successful when what is developed?

3. Why does Wallace feel the theme of consumption is appropriate for this state fair?

4. Wallace and other press are transported around the fair on a _______ powered tractor.

5. At the beginning of "E Unibus Pluram," what does Wallace describe fiction writers as NOT enjoying?

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