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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Wallace have a more difficult time playing tennis in New England?
(a) The wind was quieter.
(b) The courts are bigger.
(c) The people are more competitive.
(d) The rules are different.

2. At the livestock barns of the fair, Wallace observes that horses are _______.
(a) Lazy.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Noble.
(d) Dirty.

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

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

5. Wallace studied Mathematics in college because the straight lines reminded him of what?
(a) His dreams.
(b) Lines of Midwestern geography.
(c) The windows of skyscrapers.
(d) The grids of sudoku.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wallace's objective in describing the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" references in an episode of St. Elsewhere?

2. Why does Wallace see fighting irony as "impossible"?

3. Why does Wallace believe television is primarily detrimental to Americans?

4. According to Wallace, why does watching television beget more television?

5. What about Leyner's image-fiction made Wallace wonder if pop-culture is all people have become?

(see the answer key)

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