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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 83-111.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Two women who mistake Wallace for working for Harper's Bazaar compliment him on his magazine's _________.
(a) Advice.
(b) Editing.
(c) Design.
(d) Recipes.

2. In the Midwest, how are people supposed to respond to a tornado during a tennis match?
(a) Go home.
(b) Go to a nearby ditch.
(c) Get under the benches.
(d) Gather together.

3. In the scenario Wallace describes in "E Unibus Pluram," what is the professor's belief?
(a) Everyone needs to understand pop-culture.
(b) All writing must make reference to pop-culture.
(c) People should rebel against pop-culture.
(d) No references to pop-culture should be made in writing.

4. At the beginning of "E Unibus Pluram," what does Wallace describe fiction writers as NOT enjoying?
(a) Reading.
(b) Watching television.
(c) Talking to people.
(d) Being watched.

5. According to Native Companion, why doesn't she get upset about sexual harassment?
(a) They're complimenting her.
(b) They're just kidding.
(c) Otherwise she wouldn't have any fun.
(d) Otherwise they would harass her more.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After discussing sexual harassment with Native Companion, what does Wallace realize about East Coast women?

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

4. What natural disaster does Jim Edgar discuss with the press?

5. According to Wallace, why do Easterners take their vacations to be isolated?

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