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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Excerpt from Downtown Owl and Excerpt from Eating the Dinosaur.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is not a story in the heavy news day Klosterman describes in a hypothetical question?
(a) The beginning of World War III.
(b) The discovery of the Loch Ness Monster.
(c) The President may have thyroid cancer.
(d) The capture of a Sasquatch.

3. In Chapter 10, Klosterman argues the a child's cereal choice is made to avoid being what?
(a) Tired.
(b) Unhealthy.
(c) Hungry.
(d) Uncool.

4. Why can Anderson not date sports stars, according to Klosterman in Chapter 6?
(a) No one follows sports like they did in the 1950s.
(b) She is a PR liability.
(c) They are not overtly sexual.
(d) Her profile his not high enough.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, Klosterman compares Darth Vader's appeal to Luke at the end of The Empire Strike's Back to the modern pressures of a twenty-something to do what?

2. When do American's generally stop playing soccer?

3. Klosterman believes that all women think John Cusack is really his character from which film?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what does Klosterman believe Generations X's singular goal is?

5. Which song does Klosterman cite as having superior insights on a theme to Born to Run?

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