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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At Wallace's games, how do people respond to a tornado warning?
(a) They scatter.
(b) They ignore it.
(c) They gather together.
(d) They get in a ditch.

2. Wallace describes his tennis career as ______ successful.
(a) Wildly.
(b) Less than.
(c) Moderately.
(d) Briefly.

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

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

5. Wallace studied Mathematics in college because the straight lines reminded him of what?
(a) Lines of Midwestern geography.
(b) His dreams.
(c) The grids of sudoku.
(d) The windows of skyscrapers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Wallace see the baton twirling competition as dangerous?

3. What type of cinema does Wallace believe Lynch has influenced?

4. Why does Wallace admire Lynch?

5. What ride is Wallace kicked off of?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Wallace, was Image-Fiction successful? Why or why not?

2. What caused Lynch's downfall in the movie industry?

3. To Wallace, is he still a Midwesterner? Why or why not?

4. What is the idea of Image-Fiction? Why does it exist?

5. According to Wallace, what is a "Kmart Person"?

6. How does Wallace suggest a writer rebel against the "new ironic orthodoxy"?

7. Was Wallace a "boring" tennis player? How so?

8. Why does Wallace believe cloggers have more fun than people at a rock concert?

9. How was Wallace able to go to the Desert Competition of the fair?

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

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