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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through '6: Ten Seconds to Love, 0:71' and '7: George Will vs. Nick Hornby, 0:86'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does soccer primarily appeal to, according to Klosterman in Chapter 6?
(a) Homosexuals.
(b) Dull people.
(c) Outcasts.
(d) Aesthetes.

2. Which major cultural figure does Klosterman say made it easier for men like him to get women?
(a) Martin Scorsese.
(b) Woody Allen.
(c) Warren Beatty.
(d) Henry Winkler.

3. According to Klosterman, Coldplay is a worst version of which two other bands?
(a) Indigo Girls and The Cranberries.
(b) Blur and Oasis.
(c) REM and Blind Melon.
(d) Travis and Radiohead.

4. Why is Madonna an unsuccessful sexual icon?
(a) She tries to hard.
(b) She is too talented.
(c) She is too boring.
(d) She cannot act.

5. In Chapter 4, Klosterman notes that Bruce Springsteen is a hero to what?
(a) The French.
(b) The middle class.
(c) The uneducated.
(d) People from New Jersey.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the end of Chapter 5, what do most of the Paradise City band members say happened in their hotel room?

3. What can Klosterman not picture Marilyn Monroe doing?

4. What did Woody Allen make desirable in the 1970s?

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

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