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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through '16: All I Know is What I Read in the Papers, 2:03', '17: I, Rock Chump, 2:19' and '18: How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found, 2:28'.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What era does Klosterman assault the country for romanticizing in Chapter 14?
(a) The Depression.
(b) The 1960s.
(c) The Coal Wars.
(d) The Civil War.

3. What does Klosterman insist was born in the story of the Star Wars franchise?
(a) Generation X.
(b) The internet.
(c) His hatred of robots.
(d) Agnostic spirituality.

4. In Chapter 13, which actor's 1970s career does Klosterman use as an example of films that expressed the zeitgeist?
(a) Marlon Brando.
(b) Gene Hackman.
(c) Jack Nicholson.
(d) Al Pacino.

5. What is the unifying theme of all of Billy Joel's music?
(a) Family.
(b) Sex.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Blue collar life.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his hypothetical questions, whose skull does Klosterman ask if a person would display in their home?

2. Which band member of Paradise City is the band leader looking to replace?

3. Which film was the first film Klosterman saw in a movie theater?

4. Who did Laura turn out to be about?

5. A story about what musician does Klosterman cite in Chapter 16 for its admitted fraudulence?

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