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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 41-83.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the students disagree with their professor in "E Unibus Pluram"?
(a) They believe writing is better when it's not time specific.
(b) They believe all writing must take place in a specific time.
(c) They believe their professor is always right.
(d) They believe writing should be composed primarily of historical references.

2. What does Wallace attribute his tennis success to?
(a) Wind.
(b) Emotions.
(c) God.
(d) Sun.

3. According to Wallace, why does watching television beget more television?
(a) They want to see more of the world.
(b) People become addicted.
(c) The world can't live up to the standards of television.
(d) People feel persecuted for watching it, so they watch more.

4. According to Wallace, commercials make people watch more television because they want to understand the _______.
(a) World.
(b) In-joke.
(c) Product.
(d) Concept.

5. According to Wallace, how do commercials respond to the pressure for people to stop watching so much television?
(a) Commercials convince viewers they are smart.
(b) Commercials convince people they need television.
(c) Commercials convince people television is reality.
(d) Commercials convince people they need more products.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wallace believes that commercials have evolved into appealing to a sense of ______.

2. Wallace's thesis is that irony and ridicule are simultaneously entertaining and _______.

3. What activity other than tennis does Wallace cite as using geometry?

4. At the beginning of "E Unibus Pluram," what does Wallace describe fiction writers as enjoying?

5. What is Wallace's objective in describing the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" references in an episode of St. Elsewhere?

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