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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) Sun.
(b) Wind.
(c) Emotions.
(d) God.

2. What does Wallace believe about the dialogue in six hours worth of television?
(a) People can learn a lot from it.
(b) There is too much to be digested.
(c) There are hidden jems.
(d) Little of substance is being said.

3. Gilder believes technology can be solved with ________.
(a) More reading.
(b) Less technology.
(c) More technology.
(d) More culture.

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

5. Why does Wallace consider his style of playing tennis as "boring"?
(a) Because he shows no emotion.
(b) Because he doesn't make any noise.
(c) Because he hits the ball in the center every time.
(d) Because he lightly hits it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do the students disagree with their professor in "E Unibus Pluram"?

3. At the beginning of "E Unibus Pluram," what does Wallace describe fiction writers as NOT enjoying?

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

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

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