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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 213-255.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What television show does Wallace compare the cloggers to?
(a) "The Mary Tyler Moore Show."
(b) "Survivor."
(c) "The Beverly Hillbillies."
(d) "The Real World."

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

3. Wallace uses Borg as an example of ________ tennis style.
(a) Clumsy.
(b) Defensive.
(c) Common.
(d) Tentative.

4. Wallace believes that Lynch's films are the most successful when what is developed?
(a) Characters.
(b) Plot.
(c) Funds.
(d) Context.

5. Why, according to Wallace, is tennis the most demanding sport?
(a) It requires more strength.
(b) It requires more funding.
(c) It requires calculations of more variables.
(d) It requires more practice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wallace studied Mathematics in college because the straight lines reminded him of what?

2. In describing Joyce's situation in tennis, Wallace compares him to a _______ player.

3. According to Wallace, why do Easterners take their vacations to be isolated?

4. Why does Wallace believe television is primarily detrimental to Americans?

5. After discussing Hix's argument, what is Wallace's final opinion on the argument over "authors"?

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