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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not an item Klosterman analyzes in Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs?
(a) The first season of The Real World.
(b) The Pamela/Tommy Lee sex tape.
(c) The death of Jackson Pollock.
(d) The Left Behind series.

2. In Chapter 12, what event does Klosterman theorize ended the second act of his generation?
(a) The start of the Iraq War.
(b) It is still going on.
(c) The election of Bill Clinton.
(d) The fall of the World Trade Center.

3. In Klosterman's hypothetical newspaper scenario in Chapter 16, why does the reporter miss the Mayor's call?
(a) He gets caught up in an episode of CHiPS.
(b) He is getting a Dr. Pepper.
(c) He goes to his daughter's soccer game.
(d) He falls asleep at his desk.

4. What Star Wars character does Klosterman argue was the hero of every kid who watched the franchise?
(a) Han Solo.
(b) R2-D2.
(c) Boba Fett.
(d) Luke Skywalker.

5. What does Klosterman plan to do at the end of Chapter 15 in order to meet a serial killer?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Join a prison correspondence program.
(c) Frequent S and M bars.
(d) Pick up hitchhikers.

6. Which film does Klosterman like that virtually no one else seems to?
(a) Howard the Duck.
(b) Alien 3.
(c) Vanilla Sky.
(d) Very Bad Things.

7. In Chapter 10, Klosterman characterizes himself as what type of person?
(a) A nonsense person.
(b) A hedonistic person.
(c) A self-improving person.
(d) An intellectual person.

8. In Chapter 13, Klosterman questions the logic of the protagonists' choices in The Matrix and Vanilla Sky because why?
(a) They are not bases in reality.
(b) They reflect a privileged lifestyle.
(c) They are heedlessly heroic.
(d) They are absolute choices.

9. Which of the following is not a modern film that Klosterman cites as one of the films worth watching and discussing?
(a) Fight Club.
(b) ExistenZ.
(c) Magnolia.
(d) Memento.

10. What realization does the protagonist of Waking Life have at the end of the film?
(a) He is in a film.
(b) He is dead.
(c) He is awake.
(d) He is having a nightmare.

11. Which of the following is not an inherent problem that Klosterman lists in Eating the Dinosaur?
(a) It leads to multiple realities.
(b) It is scientifically impossible.
(c) It eliminates the orgins of things.
(d) It changes memory.

12. What did Klosterman spend the first twenty minutes of his interview with the front man of Soul Asylum discussing?
(a) The best bars in Minneapolis.
(b) The influence of ELO.
(c) His time at Dartmouth.
(d) What he had for breakfast.

13. What does Valentine say is thriving in Owl?
(a) The bowling alley.
(b) The water park.
(c) The movie theater.
(d) The new Arby's.

14. Which television show does Klosterman cite as an example of an important program?
(a) Twin Peaks.
(b) Frontline.
(c) X Files.
(d) The Wire.

15. What term does Klosterman use in Chapter 14 to describe mainstream country music?
(a) Walmart country.
(b) Nascar country.
(c) Real life country.
(d) Garth Brooks country.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Klosterman declare in Chapter 17 does not take music theory seriously in this day and age?

2. Which chapter of this book is fictional?

3. Why did Chet's father buy him a bar in Owl?

4. Sylvester Graham argued that insanity is linked to what?

5. What does the serial killer Cowboy Mike do with Klosterman's friend Sarah?

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