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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Great Indoors, Death Watch, In Praise of Diners, Shopping Madness, The Fat of the Land, Your New Computer, How to Rent a Car, The Wasteland, The Flying Nightmare and Enough Already.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Risk Factor," what does Bryson say an American is twice as likely to do as a British person?
(a) Die accidentally.
(b) Die of cancer.
(c) Die in childbirth.
(d) Die is hospital.

2. What is Bryson's observations on the conveniences of life in America in the 1990s?
(a) They are not necessarily better, but people think they are.
(b) He wishes England had more conveniences.
(c) They are the best improvement he came home to.
(d) They need to be banned.

3. In "How to Rent a Car," what does Bryson find especially frustrating about the process?
(a) The mileage charges.
(b) The limits on passengers.
(c) The options he is offered.
(d) How and where to drop it off.

4. Why doesn't Bryson like gardening with his wife?
(a) He has to do all the work.
(b) She screams if she sees any insects.
(c) She expects him to garden for hours at a time.
(d) She is English and thus an expert gardener.

5. What does Bryson find amazing about the geography of the United States?
(a) That so much of the country is empty of people.
(b) That the United States has no Arctic region.
(c) That there is very little variety.
(d) That it is smaller than Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bryson, what is the result of the "abundance of choice" in America?

2. Who does Bryson say designed the snowmobile?

3. Why does Bryson have an issue with the Internet?

4. What does Bill say it would take over 31,000 years to do?

5. Which American tourist attraction does Bryson describe as a "Total Indoor Environment"?

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