English II Quiz 1: 13 July 2025 (May 2025 term)

Read the speech segment given below and fill in the blanks with the appropriate discourse markers. Observe the tone and the punctuation of the passage and choose only the most fitting answer for every blank.
David Foster Wallace on Entertainment
DFW: Part of the allure of both drugs and entertainment is escape, yes? From my problems and my life and having to be stuck in here. I can pretend I am James Bond. It [i] _____ seems fine over the short haul. As a way of life, it doesn’t work all that well though, no?
Question: So then why would you say entertainment is bad?
DFW: [ii] _____, it’s a strange question because who would say entertainment is bad? [iii] _____, I wouldn’t say entertainment is bad, but a model of life in which I have a right to be entertained all the time seems to me not to be a promising one. (Laughs) And one of the insidious things about it is that entertainment is so goddamn entertaining. [iv] _____, imagine if this show were running on American TV and I were sitting in this hotel watching it– okay, we got this pointy-headed nerdy guy talking about this stuff, or I’ve got, [v] _____, Pamela Anderson running on a beach or a hilarious, hilarious comedy. Which one am I going to watch?
Transcribed from: “David Foster Wallace on Entertainment.” YouTube, uploaded by zoombockerman, 8 Dec. 2022
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Fill in blank [i] with the most fitting discourse marker among the options given below.

Read the speech segment given below and fill in the blanks with the appropriate discourse markers. Observe the tone and the punctuation of the passage and choose only the most fitting answer for every blank.
David Foster Wallace on Entertainment
DFW: Part of the allure of both drugs and entertainment is escape, yes? From my problems and my life and having to be stuck in here. I can pretend I am James Bond. It [i] _____ seems fine over the short haul. As a way of life, it doesn’t work all that well though, no?
Question: So then why would you say entertainment is bad?
DFW: [ii] _____, it’s a strange question because who would say entertainment is bad? [iii] _____, I wouldn’t say entertainment is bad, but a model of life in which I have a right to be entertained all the time seems to me not to be a promising one. (Laughs) And one of the insidious things about it is that entertainment is so goddamn entertaining. [iv] _____, imagine if this show were running on American TV and I were sitting in this hotel watching it– okay, we got this pointy-headed nerdy guy talking about this stuff, or I’ve got, [v] _____, Pamela Anderson running on a beach or a hilarious, hilarious comedy. Which one am I going to watch?
Transcribed from: “David Foster Wallace on Entertainment.” YouTube, uploaded by zoombockerman, 8 Dec. 2022
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Fill in blank [ii] with the most fitting discourse marker among the options given below.

Read the speech segment given below and fill in the blanks with the appropriate discourse markers. Observe the tone and the punctuation of the passage and choose only the most fitting answer for every blank.
David Foster Wallace on Entertainment
DFW: Part of the allure of both drugs and entertainment is escape, yes? From my problems and my life and having to be stuck in here. I can pretend I am James Bond. It [i] _____ seems fine over the short haul. As a way of life, it doesn’t work all that well though, no?
Question: So then why would you say entertainment is bad?
DFW: [ii] _____, it’s a strange question because who would say entertainment is bad? [iii] _____, I wouldn’t say entertainment is bad, but a model of life in which I have a right to be entertained all the time seems to me not to be a promising one. (Laughs) And one of the insidious things about it is that entertainment is so goddamn entertaining. [iv] _____, imagine if this show were running on American TV and I were sitting in this hotel watching it– okay, we got this pointy-headed nerdy guy talking about this stuff, or I’ve got, [v] _____, Pamela Anderson running on a beach or a hilarious, hilarious comedy. Which one am I going to watch?
Transcribed from: “David Foster Wallace on Entertainment.” YouTube, uploaded by zoombockerman, 8 Dec. 2022
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Fill in blank [iii] with the most fitting discourse marker among the options given below.