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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 138-183.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wallace speculate Lynch doesn't intend for "Lost Highway"?
(a) For it to win an award.
(b) For it to be successful.
(c) For it to make sense.
(d) For it to impact anyone.

2. Hix comments that he feels the post-structuralists' argument makes the concept of an author _______.
(a) Empty.
(b) Inflated.
(c) Perfect.
(d) Incorrect.

3. At the beginning of "E Unibus Pluram," what does Wallace describe fiction writers as enjoying?
(a) Playing sports.
(b) Reading.
(c) Traveling.
(d) Watching others.

4. According to Wallace, why do Easterners take their vacations to be isolated?
(a) Because they love nature.
(b) Because they are agoraphobic.
(c) Because they're always around people.
(d) Because they are antisocial.

5. By the end of the state fair, what has Wallace realized about the purpose of fairs?
(a) They are pointless.
(b) They are for all the people of the community.
(c) They are a good way to make money.
(d) They are for advertisement.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Wallace, how do commercials respond to the pressure for people to stop watching so much television?

2. According to Wallace, how did Leyner's image-fiction attempt to solve irony?

3. Wallace studied Mathematics in college because the straight lines reminded him of what?

4. Wallace claims that television teaches viewers that _______ is the most important quality in a person.

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

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