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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through '2: Billy Sim, 0:12' and '3:What Happens When People Stop Being Polite, 0:26'.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Klosterman, what types of interactions in The Real World are real?
(a) Racial interactions.
(b) Sexual interactions.
(c) SIlent interactions.
(d) Self-referential interactions.

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

4. 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 is the greatest writer of his generation.
(c) He can never satisfy a woman.
(d) John Cusack will never win an Oscar.

5. According to Klosterman, what does The Sims force one to do?
(a) Acknowledge personal defeat.
(b) Lose hours of sleep.
(c) End a personal relationship.
(d) Examine oneself.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Klosterman think Big Brother would have survived?

2. According to Klosterman in Chapter 3, every Real World character became a what?

3. Klosterman theorizes in Chapter 2 that many who play The Sims enact what?

4. Which two "brat pack" films does Klosterman reference in Chapter 3?

5. Why is Chuck's Sim unable to form a romantic relationship with Bella?

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