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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. Why does Lynch urinate on trees in the middle of Los Angeles while filming "Lost Highway"?
(a) Because he likes the shock value.
(b) Because it's in the movie.
(c) Because he despises the city.
(d) Because he's too busy to use a bathroom.

2. According to Native Companion, why doesn't she get upset about sexual harassment?
(a) Otherwise they would harass her more.
(b) They're complimenting her.
(c) They're just kidding.
(d) Otherwise she wouldn't have any fun.

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

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

5. What does Wallace believe about the dialogue in six hours worth of television?
(a) People can learn a lot from it.
(b) There is too much to be digested.
(c) Little of substance is being said.
(d) There are hidden jems.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Wallace admire Lynch?

2. What type of cinema does Wallace believe Lynch has influenced?

3. On his second day of the desert competition, why does Wallace repeatedly use the bathroom?

4. What do the stall in the Expo Building sell?

5. Wallace explains that Harper's Magazine has a primarily _________ audience.

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Wallace able to go to the Desert Competition of the fair?

2. Was Wallace a "boring" tennis player? How so?

3. According to Wallace, are commercials self-aware? What is the effect of this on the viewer?

4. According to Wallace, do writers enjoy watching television? Do writers enjoy being watched? Why do writers watch television?

5. Does Wallace see the events at the Desert Competition as being safe? Why or why not?

6. Why did the students argue with their professor's position that works should make no reference to a specific time period?

7. Does Wallace's visit to the stockyard barns affect Wallace at all? Why or why not?

8. Does the plot of "Lost Highway" make sense? Is it supposed to make sense?

9. To Wallace, is he still a Midwesterner? Why or why not?

10. After listening to Governor Jim Edgar's speech, how does Wallace feel about Illinois? Why?

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