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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Wallace sent to the state fair?
(a) Because he volunteered.
(b) Because he is a native.
(c) Because he enjoys them.
(d) Because he used to work for one.

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

3. What activity other than tennis does Wallace cite as using geometry?
(a) Darts.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Video games.
(d) Billiards.

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

5. What about Leyner's image-fiction made Wallace wonder if pop-culture is all people have become?
(a) Leyner's heavy use of pop-culture references.
(b) Leyner is very involved in making pop-culture.
(c) Leyner praises pop-culture.
(d) Leyner is a pop-culture character.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Native Companion, why doesn't she get upset about sexual harassment?

3. Wallace learns that people enter the Junior Livestock Competition for ______.

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

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

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