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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 83-111.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wallace learns that people enter the Junior Livestock Competition for ______.
(a) Pride.
(b) Fame.
(c) Their parents.
(d) Money.

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

3. According to Native Companion, why doesn't she get upset about sexual harassment?
(a) They're complimenting her.
(b) They're just kidding.
(c) Otherwise they would harass her more.
(d) Otherwise she wouldn't have any fun.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the scenario Wallace describes in "E Unibus Pluram," what is the professor's belief?

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

4. At the beginning of "E Unibus Pluram," what does Wallace describe fiction writers as NOT enjoying?

5. Why was Wallace fascinated by tornados?

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