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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Wallace, commercials make people watch more television because they want to understand the _______.
(a) Product.
(b) World.
(c) Concept.
(d) In-joke.

2. Why did Wallace have a more difficult time playing tennis in New England?
(a) The people are more competitive.
(b) The rules are different.
(c) The wind was quieter.
(d) The courts are bigger.

3. Wallace believes people recognize pop-culture references but are _______ with them.
(a) Uncomfortable.
(b) Displeased.
(c) Happy.
(d) Confused.

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

5. Why does Wallace believe references to pop-culture are necessary?
(a) It makes the work more realistic.
(b) It makes the piece more fun.
(c) It defines the style.
(d) He was paid to say this.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Wallace consider his style of playing tennis as "boring"?

2. Gilder believes technology can be solved with ________.

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

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

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

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