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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 138-183.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hix comments that he feels the post-structuralists' argument makes the concept of an author _______.
(a) Inflated.
(b) Empty.
(c) Incorrect.
(d) Perfect.

2. What television show does Wallace compare the cloggers to?
(a) "The Real World."
(b) "Survivor."
(c) "The Mary Tyler Moore Show."
(d) "The Beverly Hillbillies."

3. Why does Wallace feel the theme of consumption is appropriate for this state fair?
(a) There's nothing to do but eat in the state.
(b) There's good food there.
(c) Its economy is based on agriculture.
(d) The people are overweight.

4. 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) There are too few.
(d) The definition is wrong.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Wallace watch the car race?

2. Wallace believes that Lynch's films are the most successful when what is developed?

3. Wallace learns that people enter the Junior Livestock Competition for ______.

4. Two women who mistake Wallace for working for Harper's Bazaar compliment him on his magazine's _________.

5. As a child, what did Wallace believe the purpose of carnivals was?

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