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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 83-111.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Wallace, why do Easterners take their vacations to be isolated?
(a) Because they are agoraphobic.
(b) Because they're always around people.
(c) Because they love nature.
(d) Because they are antisocial.

2. At Wallace's games, how do people respond to a tornado warning?
(a) They ignore it.
(b) They get in a ditch.
(c) They gather together.
(d) They scatter.

3. Wallace believes fighting technology lies in ________.
(a) Conservatism.
(b) War.
(c) Compliance.
(d) Imitation.

4. Two women who mistake Wallace for working for Harper's Bazaar compliment him on his magazine's _________.
(a) Advice.
(b) Recipes.
(c) Design.
(d) Editing.

5. In college, Wallace began to fall behind in his peers _______.
(a) Intellectually.
(b) Creatively.
(c) Mentally.
(d) Physically.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Wallace sent to the state fair?

2. At the livestock barns of the fair, Wallace observes that horses are _______.

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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