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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Wallace believe is the ultimate outsider?
(a) Midwesterners.
(b) Women.
(c) Carnies.
(d) Journalists.

2. Who are the majority of the audience of the clogging competition?
(a) Journalists.
(b) Mothers and children.
(c) Other competitors.
(d) Agriculture executives.

3. What activity other than tennis does Wallace cite as using geometry?
(a) Video games.
(b) Darts.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Billiards.

4. What does Wallace believe about the dialogue in six hours worth of television?
(a) There are hidden jems.
(b) People can learn a lot from it.
(c) There is too much to be digested.
(d) Little of substance is being said.

5. At the livestock barns of the fair, Wallace observes that horses are _______.
(a) Dirty.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Noble.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wallace describes his tennis career as ______ successful.

2. According to Wallace, why do Midwesterners take their vacations to be around people?

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

4. What natural disaster does Jim Edgar discuss with the press?

5. Why, according to Wallace, did Image-Fiction fail?

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