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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 213-255.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wallace begins his essay on Michael Joyce, describing Joyce _______ serving a ball.
(a) First.
(b) Clumsily.
(c) Easily.
(d) Sharply.

2. What do the stall in the Expo Building sell?
(a) Television infomercial products.
(b) Handmade crafts.
(c) State propaganda.
(d) Camping equipment.

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

4. Wallace's thesis is that irony and ridicule are simultaneously entertaining and _______.
(a) Confusing.
(b) Intelligent.
(c) Enlightening.
(d) Disparaging.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Wallace describes an exchange between the hero and the villain in "Blue Velvet." What is Lynch showing the audience through this scene?

2. What is Wallace's objective in describing the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" references in an episode of St. Elsewhere?

3. By the end of the state fair, what has Wallace realized about the purpose of fairs?

4. Wallace isn't sure what _____ everyone at the car race is waiting for.

5. Why does Wallace see fighting irony as "impossible"?

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