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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Wallace, how do commercials respond to the pressure for people to stop watching so much television?
(a) Commercials convince people they need television.
(b) Commercials convince people they need more products.
(c) Commercials convince viewers they are smart.
(d) Commercials convince people television is reality.

2. At the livestock barns of the fair, Wallace observes that horses are _______.
(a) Noble.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Dirty.
(d) Lazy.

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

4. Why does Wallace see fighting irony as "impossible"?
(a) It insults those who question it.
(b) It is too powerful.
(c) People enjoy it.
(d) It's an integral part of the world.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At Wallace's games, how do people respond to a tornado warning?

2. What does Wallace blame for his failure as a tennis player in college?

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

4. Where was Wallace sent on an assignment for Harper's Magazine?

5. What about Leyner's image-fiction made Wallace wonder if pop-culture is all people have become?

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