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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, how did Leyner's image-fiction attempt to solve irony?
(a) It negated it.
(b) It mocked it.
(c) It embraced it.
(d) It ignored it.

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

3. Why does Wallace believe references to pop-culture are necessary?
(a) He was paid to say this.
(b) It makes the work more realistic.
(c) It makes the piece more fun.
(d) It defines the style.

4. Where was Wallace sent on an assignment for Harper's Magazine?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Kansas.

5. After discussing sexual harassment with Native Companion, what does Wallace realize about East Coast women?
(a) They enjoy complaining.
(b) They are afraid of men.
(c) They don't enjoy anything.
(d) They never get harassed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Wallace claims that television teaches viewers that _______ is the most important quality in a person.

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

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

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

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