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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 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 defines the style.
(d) It makes the piece more fun.

2. Wallace and other press are transported around the fair on a _______ powered tractor.
(a) Water.
(b) Ethanol.
(c) Solar.
(d) Horse.

3. Why, according to Wallace, did Image-Fiction fail?
(a) There wants enough money invested.
(b) It succumbed to the same problems as television.
(c) The concept was too confusing.
(d) People weren't interested in it.

4. What is Wallace's explanation for why Midwesterners are alienated?
(a) Because they have different ethical values.
(b) Because they enjoy different movies.
(c) Because they speak differently.
(d) Because their home is like a factory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Wallace, why does television seem real?

2. In the scenario Wallace describes in "E Unibus Pluram," what is the professor's belief?

3. According to Wallace, how do commercials respond to the pressure for people to stop watching so much television?

4. In college, Wallace began to fall behind in his peers _______.

5. In the Midwest, how are people supposed to respond to a tornado during a tennis match?

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