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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In college, Wallace began to fall behind in his peers _______.
(a) Intellectually.
(b) Creatively.
(c) Mentally.
(d) Physically.

3. Wallace believes that commercials have evolved into appealing to a sense of ______.
(a) Beauty.
(b) Individuality.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Community.

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

5. Why was Wallace fascinated by tornados?
(a) They terrify people.
(b) They are massive.
(c) They don't follow rules of geometry.
(d) They define the terrain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Wallace's thesis is that irony and ridicule are simultaneously entertaining and _______.

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

4. What activity other than tennis does Wallace cite as using geometry?

5. What was Image-Fiction a response to?

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