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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 213-255.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Hix's argument, "Morte d'Author," American post-structuralists argue what about authors?
(a) The concept isn't important.
(b) The concept has some validity.
(c) The definition is wrong.
(d) There are too few.

2. How does Wallace describe the public restrooms at the desert competition?
(a) Average.
(b) Clean.
(c) Heavenly.
(d) Disgusting.

3. Why does Wallace think he couldn't compete against some of the lower ranked professionals?
(a) His concentration.
(b) His style of play.
(c) His training.
(d) His physical strength.

4. Wallace uses Borg as an example of ________ tennis style.
(a) Common.
(b) Clumsy.
(c) Tentative.
(d) Defensive.

5. Why, according to Wallace, is tennis the most demanding sport?
(a) It requires more strength.
(b) It requires calculations of more variables.
(c) It requires more funding.
(d) It requires more practice.

Short Answer Questions

1. After seeing the distressed pigs at the livestock barns, why does Wallace feel hypocritical?

2. Gilder believes technology can be solved with ________.

3. Why does Wallace describe Joyce in great detail to the reader?

4. What does Wallace believe audiences will reconsider about Pullman after "Lost Highway"?

5. Wallace describes Lynch as being "_______ ambitious."

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