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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 about the ship's church service reinforces the affect of luxury?
(a) The big paintings.
(b) The tasty communion.
(c) The cushioned pews.
(d) The friendly priest.

2. What is Wallace's assignment for the cruise essay?
(a) To critique the service.
(b) To write his experience.
(c) To advertise the service.
(d) To spy on a government official.

3. When does Wallace receive the cruise ship's tiny newspaper?
(a) In the morning.
(b) In the afternoon.
(c) At breakfast.
(d) At night.

4. Why does Wallace feel overwhelmed by the lecture on the ship's mechanical functions?
(a) The speaker is harsh.
(b) He's afraid the ship will sink.
(c) The volume is loud.
(d) There are too many facts.

5. Why does Wallace explain the incident between him and a porter on the ship?
(a) To illustrate the luxury of the ship.
(b) To create a metaphor.
(c) To show his conversational abilities.
(d) To complain about the service.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Wallace lay all his writing material out on his bed?

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

3. Wallace imagines being on a cruise ship as similar to being where?

4. What does Wallace believe Lynch's painting experience has helped him with?

5. What advertising logo is hung around the Canadian Open?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Is Wallace in good company in enjoying the activities on the ship?

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 consider tennis to be the most beautiful and demanding sport?

8. Why does Wallace say he is on the fence about Lynch casing Richard Pryor?

9. Why is the stadium at Joyce's qualifying match relatively empty?

10. Why does Wallace explain Michael Joyce to the reader?

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