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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wallace describes his tennis career as ______ successful.
(a) Less than.
(b) Briefly.
(c) Moderately.
(d) Wildly.

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

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

4. What is the key difference between Wallace and Antitoi?
(a) Wallace hits the ball as hard as possible.
(b) Wallace is more talented.
(c) Antitoi cares about tennis.
(d) Anitioi is stronger.

5. What natural disaster does Jim Edgar discuss with the press?
(a) The hurricane.
(b) The earthquake.
(c) The flood.
(d) The tornado.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Wallace and other press are transported around the fair on a _______ powered tractor.

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

4. Wallace explains that Harper's Magazine has a primarily _________ audience.

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

(see the answer key)

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