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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Wallace feel the theme of consumption is appropriate for this state fair?
(a) There's good food there.
(b) Its economy is based on agriculture.
(c) The people are overweight.
(d) There's nothing to do but eat in the state.

2. Wallace believes that commercials have evolved into appealing to a sense of ______.
(a) Community.
(b) Individuality.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Beauty.

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

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

5. Where was Wallace sent on an assignment for Harper's Magazine?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Illinois.

6. What does Wallace observe about people dancing at a rock concert?
(a) They're not having as much fun as cloggers.
(b) They're dirty.
(c) They're can't dance.
(d) They're too old to be dancing.

7. Wallace and other press are transported around the fair on a _______ powered tractor.
(a) Solar.
(b) Ethanol.
(c) Water.
(d) Horse.

8. After seeing the distressed pigs at the livestock barns, why does Wallace feel hypocritical?
(a) Because he used to work for a barn.
(b) Because he doesn't care.
(c) Because he's craving a corndog.
(d) Because he doesn't like pigs.

9. Why does Wallace get ill on his first day at the desert competition?
(a) Because it's too hot.
(b) Because he hasn't slept.
(c) Because he rode a rollercoaster.
(d) Because he eats too much.

10. In Hix's argument, "Morte d'Author," European post-structuralists argue what about authors?
(a) The concept doesn't make sense.
(b) They are outdated.
(c) They are too powerful.
(d) The concept is arbitrary.

11. Gilder believes technology can be solved with ________.
(a) More reading.
(b) Less technology.
(c) More technology.
(d) More culture.

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

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

14. After discussing Hix's argument, what is Wallace's final opinion on the argument over "authors"?
(a) Neither side is right.
(b) It's too confusing.
(c) It's pointless.
(d) It's an endless argument.

15. What movie does Wallace specifically cite that is directly influenced by "Blue Velvet"?
(a) "Titanic."
(b) "Six Degrees of Separation."
(c) "Avatar."
(d) "Reservoir Dogs."

Short Answer Questions

1. In college, Wallace began to fall behind in his peers _______.

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

3. What television show does Wallace compare the cloggers to?

4. What is the key difference between Wallace and Antitoi?

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

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