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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Sylvester Graham argued that insanity is linked to what?
(a) Family history.
(b) Food choices.
(c) Moon cycles.
(d) Religious affiliation.

3. According to Klosterman, what is the finest time travel film?
(a) Back to the Future.
(b) Twelve Monkeys.
(c) Primer.
(d) Donnie Darko.

4. Why did Chet's father buy him a bar in Owl?
(a) To launder money.
(b) To convince him not to reveal an affair.
(c) To get him out of Minneapolis.
(d) As a graduation present.

5. In Downtown Owl, what rumor is spreading concerning Coach Laidlaw?
(a) He is leaving the school?
(b) He got a girl pregnant.
(c) He has lost money in a bad investment.
(d) He has cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 16, what does Klosterman say to those who hate the media?

2. According to Klosterman in Chapter 12, The Empire Strikes Back celebrates what?

3. Where in school was Klosterman when he began researching serial killers?

4. How did Klosterman personally feel about the Pop Music Studies conference?

5. In one of the hypothetical questions, Klosterman discusses a person who is perfect in every way, except their only cultural reference is what film?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does a Dixie Chicks concert reveal a cultural shift to Chuck Klosterman?

2. What is the book Left Behind about?

3. How has the quality of the Star Wars franchise been incorrectly assessed, according to Klosterman in Chapter 12?

4. Why does Klosterman posit that traveling forward in time is less fraught than traveling back?

5. Why is being a serial killer more authentic than being a regular celebrity?

6. Describe Klosterman's process for extracting truth from low culture.

7. How are some cereal icons representative of the pained desire for perfection and acceptance?

8. What does Klosterman think that "what is reality?" films are teaching us?

9. What example does Klosterman offer in Eating the Dinosaur to illustrate the loss of origins in time travel?

10. Why does Mitch dislike his coach in Downtown Owl?

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