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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 word is best used to describe Old Hollywood?
(a) Talent.
(b) Glamor.
(c) Greed.
(d) Prestige.

2. What is the doctor's first name?
(a) Fred.
(b) Bob.
(c) Wilbur.
(d) Jack.

3. Lynch claims that many people do not understand that creativity requires a great deal of which of the following:
(a) Education.
(b) Talent.
(c) Mental preparation.
(d) Discipline.

4. This type of inspiration happened during the filming of which Lynch movie?
(a) Dune.
(b) Eraserhead.
(c) Blue Velvet.
(d) Wild at Heart.

5. Lynch states that a sentence from which book made the spiritual film make sense?
(a) Koran.
(b) Catcher in the Rye.
(c) Les Miserables.
(d) Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Lynch earn per week?

2. If the practitioner is diligent, TM will produce which of the following:

3. How long did the actor wait?

4. Lynch refers to what body of water?

5. What term does Lynch use when he feels inundated with fear and negative emotions?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Lynch's first experience with Transcendental Meditation or TM. When did the experience occur? What was Lynch's opinion of the practice before he started?

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

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

4. Lynch discusses dream logic. How many times has the author experienced it? What project was he working on at the time? Who was involved?

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

6. What is the author's opinion on the amount of control a director should have over a film? What is Lynch's explanation?

7. What type of answers should one seek when practicing TM? What is most likely not going to happen?

8. 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?

9. What example does Lynch use to illustrate this point? What was the outcome?

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

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