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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 about Leyner's image-fiction made Wallace wonder if pop-culture is all people have become?
(a) Leyner's heavy use of pop-culture references.
(b) Leyner praises pop-culture.
(c) Leyner is very involved in making pop-culture.
(d) Leyner is a pop-culture character.

2. After seeing the distressed pigs at the livestock barns, why does Wallace feel hypocritical?
(a) Because he doesn't like pigs.
(b) Because he's craving a corndog.
(c) Because he used to work for a barn.
(d) Because he doesn't care.

3. What word does Wallace use to define "Lynchian"?
(a) Happy.
(b) Kitchy.
(c) Tomfoolery.
(d) Macabre.

4. As a child, what did Wallace believe the purpose of carnivals was?
(a) To praise God.
(b) To make money.
(c) To inspire community.
(d) To entertain him.

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(a) They believe writing should be composed primarily of historical references.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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Wallace, why do Easterners take their vacations to be isolated?

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

3. What does Wallace believe about the dialogue in six hours worth of television?

4. What natural disaster does Jim Edgar discuss with the press?

5. What theme does Richard Pryor uphold for "Lost Highway"?

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