Quiz on

Lane Wallace’s “Can Video Games Teach Us How to Succeed in the Real World?”
and Christopher J. Ferguson’s “Don’t Blame Video Games for Real World Violence”

Please write using complete sentences and use your own words for each answer. Be sure to
check grammar and spelling. You may write on the quiz sheet itself, but it is recommended
you use your own paper for writing answers.

1. How, according to the scientific findings referenced by Lane Wallace, are we similar to
lab rats in our response to stimuli?

2. According to Wallace, what are three main differences between video games and real
life?

3. Why does Christopher J. Ferguson reference the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech in
2007?

4. Why does Ferguson bring up the violent media consumption of Canada, the Netherlands
and South Korea?

5. Between Wallace’s and Ferguson’s essay, whose argument do you find more convincing
and why?