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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 183-212.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Image-Fiction a response to?
(a) The decline of the government.
(b) The surplus of nonfiction.
(c) Television's influence.
(d) The rapid development of art.

2. How does Wallace believe "Lost Highway" can be interpreted?
(a) As a piece of religious propaganda.
(b) As a social commentary.
(c) In many ways.
(d) As an epilogue.

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) People feel persecuted for watching it, so they watch more.
(d) The world can't live up to the standards of television.

4. Why does Wallace see the baton twirling competition as dangerous?
(a) Because the batons are on fire.
(b) Because they throw the batons into the crowd.
(c) Because they twirl blindfolded.
(d) Because they twirl very fast.

5. What does Wallace most like about the Expo Building at the state fair?
(a) It's quiet.
(b) It's air conditioned.
(c) It's big.
(d) There's lots of shopping.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Wallace able to get into the desert competition at the state fair?

2. Where was Wallace sent on an assignment for Harper's Magazine?

3. What does Wallace believe "Lost Highway" will do for Blake's career?

4. Post-structuralists believe that although the historical context can aid a text, much of it really depends on what?

5. Wallace believes people recognize pop-culture references but are _______ with them.

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