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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through '4: Every Dog Must Have His Every Day, Every Drunk Must Have His Drink, 0:42' and '5: Appetite for Replication, 0:56'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, Klosterman jokes about which religious sect's young people carping about whether they practice?
(a) The Davidians.
(b) The Amish.
(c) The Mormons.
(d) The Satanists.

2. What did Woody Allen make desirable in the 1970s?
(a) Wit.
(b) Neuroses.
(c) Being from New York.
(d) Glasses.

3. What statement at the beginning of Chapter 1 does Klosterman think will haunt him later?
(a) America has only ten years left in it.
(b) He can never satisfy a woman.
(c) He is the greatest writer of his generation.
(d) John Cusack will never win an Oscar.

4. In Chapter 1, Klosterman says Nora Ephron convinced an entire generation that they should look where for a lover?
(a) Their friends.
(b) Their family.
(c) Europe.
(d) Their high school sweethearts.

5. What is the mistake Klosterman's friends make when they watch romantic comedies and maudlin family dramas?
(a) They dismiss them out of hand.
(b) They assume life should be like them.
(c) They think they are capable of writing them.
(d) They criticize them as they would great art.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which artist does Klosterman quote in Chapter 2 as voice questioning materialism?

2. The popular use of what word is an example of generational divides in The Real World?

3. In the Communications and Society class Klosterman describes in Chapter 1, what does the professor claim is indoctrination for children?

4. According to Klosterman, Billy Joel is great despite what?

5. What separates Paradise City from other Guns-N-Roses tribute bands?

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