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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. Klosterman theorizes in Chapter 2 that many who play The Sims enact what?
(a) Their own lives.
(b) Their nightmares.
(c) Their twenties.
(d) Their fantasies.

2. What is the preferred drug of Laker people?
(a) Crack.
(b) Meth.
(c) Pot.
(d) Ecstasy.

3. In Chapter 5, the band members of Paradise City flip through stations looking for what?
(a) A commercial for their gig.
(b) A GNR tune.
(c) The new Nickelback single.
(d) All Things Considered.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what does Klosterman believe Generations X's singular goal is?
(a) Being cool.
(b) Getting laid.
(c) Owning things.
(d) Making art.

5. What can Klosterman not picture Marilyn Monroe doing?
(a) Cursing.
(b) Going to the bathroom.
(c) Drinking a beer.
(d) Having sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Monroe's marriages does Klosterman discuss the most in Chapter 6?

2. According to Klosterman, the characters in The Sims are slave to what?

3. Who is Katie in Chapter 2?

4. At the end of Chapter 6, Klosterman says that both Monroe and Anderson are only about what?

5. Why was Puck removed from The Real World cast, according to Klosterman?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Will Wright answer the question of materialism in The Sims?

2. What does Klosterman learn about his life from his Sim?

3. Why are amateur porn sites so popular on the internet?

4. Why is Sim Chuck rejected in love?

5. How did Nora Ephron ruin a lot of young lives?

6. How is Billy Joel an exception to the fetishism of coolness?

7. How does Klosterman connect porn and the rise of the internet in Chapter 9?

8. Why does Klosterman hate Coldplay?

9. What is fake love?

10. What is the difference between the sexuality Monroe represents and the sexuality Anderson represents?

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