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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the serial killer Cowboy Mike do with Klosterman's friend Sarah?
(a) He murdered her.
(b) He bought a car from her.
(c) He confessed to her in police custody.
(d) He danced with her.

2. In the beginning of Eating the Dinosaur, Klosterman discusses whether time travel or what will happen first?
(a) Sentient metal.
(b) The rapture.
(c) Hover cars.
(d) A woman president.

3. What path do Gen X'ers normally choose in life, according to Klosterman in Chapter 12?
(a) The difficult path.
(b) The comfortable path.
(c) They refuse to choose a path.
(d) The lowkey path.

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

5. The Kellogg brothers had a falling out over what change made to corn flakes?
(a) The marketing of them as a food for humans.
(b) The serving of them with milk.
(c) The packaging of them for sale.
(d) The addition of sugar.

6. In Chapter 15, Derf says that having known Jeffrey Dahmer is like having known whom?
(a) Jerry Seinfeld.
(b) Chris Rock.
(c) John Goodman.
(d) Michael J. Fox.

7. What word does Kirk Cameron use to describe the Rapture as depicted in Left Behind in the interview quoted in Chapter 17?
(a) Accurate.
(b) Terrifying.
(c) Simplistic.
(d) Silly.

8. What southern fast food establishment plays prominently in country music, according to Klosterman in Chapter 14?
(a) Krystal Burger.
(b) Dairy Queen.
(c) Tastee Freeze.
(d) Checkers.

9. What sport does Walter Valentine try to get Julia to coach in Downtown Owl?
(a) Crosscountry.
(b) Volleyball.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Competitive dance.

10. As a child, Dahmer would pretend he had what affliction?
(a) Multiple sclerosis.
(b) Hysterical blindness.
(c) Cerebral palsy.
(d) Epilepsy.

11. At the Pop Music Studies conference, Klosterman is disheartened when a critic he is talking with orders what at the bar?
(a) Water.
(b) Orange juice.
(c) Rogue Dead Guy.
(d) Zima.

12. What is Klosterman's personal analogy for time?
(a) A train.
(b) A stream.
(c) A cliff.
(d) A zipline.

13. During what era did television unseat newspapers as the primary source of news. according to Klosterman?
(a) The Reagan years.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The immediate wake of 9/11.
(d) The Vietnam era.

14. How did Klosterman personally feel about the Pop Music Studies conference?
(a) He enjoyed himself.
(b) He was indifferent.
(c) He detested it completely.
(d) He was ultimately disappointed.

15. When did Klosterman become completely dedicated to watching Saved by the Bell regularly?
(a) Eighth grade.
(b) College.
(c) During his first internship.
(d) His freshman year of high school.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 11, Klosterman says that all popular ideas are inherently what?

2. According to Klosterman in Chapter 16, what drives bias in journalism?

3. The convoluted final hypothetical question of this section concerns which deceased actor?

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

5. At the end of Chapter 14, Klosterman argues that most people see life as what?

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