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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 111-137.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Wallace call his tennis style "creative"?
(a) It's like a dance.
(b) It is basic.
(c) It ignores convention.
(d) It accepts nature.

2. When does Wallace realize he is no longer a Midwesterner?
(a) When he can't understand the accent.
(b) When he realizes he can't enjoy the carnival.
(c) When he gets lost on a farm.
(d) When he notices he dresses differently.

3. Why does Wallace see fighting irony as "impossible"?
(a) It insults those who question it.
(b) It is too powerful.
(c) People enjoy it.
(d) It's an integral part of the world.

4. According to Wallace, why does watching television beget more television?
(a) They want to see more of the world.
(b) The world can't live up to the standards of television.
(c) People feel persecuted for watching it, so they watch more.
(d) People become addicted.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Wallace believe about the dialogue in six hours worth of television?

3. According to Wallace, how do commercials respond to the pressure for people to stop watching so much television?

4. What do the stall in the Expo Building sell?

5. The clogger competition leaves Wallace with a sense of a specific ______.

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