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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 41-83.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wallace attribute his tennis success to?
(a) Wind.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Sun.
(d) God.

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

3. Wallace claims that television teaches viewers that _______ is the most important quality in a person.
(a) Beauty.
(b) Being watched.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Talent.

4. According to Wallace, how do commercials respond to the pressure for people to stop watching so much television?
(a) Commercials convince people television is reality.
(b) Commercials convince people they need more products.
(c) Commercials convince people they need television.
(d) Commercials convince viewers they are smart.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Wallace studied Mathematics in college because the straight lines reminded him of what?

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

4. According to Wallace, how did Leyner's image-fiction attempt to solve irony?

5. What is the key difference between Wallace and Antitoi?

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