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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through '2: Billy Sim, 0:12' and '3:What Happens When People Stop Being Polite, 0:26'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following characters is not referenced in Chapter 1?
(a) Tyler Durden.
(b) Bridget Jones.
(c) Lloyd Dobler.
(d) Cliff Huxtable.

2. According to Klosterman in Chapter 1, an intellectual relationship is no different from what?
(a) A teacher-student dynamic.
(b) A friendship.
(c) Mutual hatred.
(d) A sexual one.

3. What does Klosterman initially suspect the Sims to be a critique of?
(a) Self-help movements.
(b) Himself.
(c) Consumerism.
(d) Hegel.

4. Klosterman believes that all women think John Cusack is really his character from which film?
(a) Say Anything.
(b) The Sure Thing.
(c) Con Air.
(d) High Fidelity.

5. According to Klosterman, what does The Sims force one to do?
(a) Acknowledge personal defeat.
(b) Lose hours of sleep.
(c) Examine oneself.
(d) End a personal relationship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Klosterman admit The Real World consists of?

2. Which Coldplay song does Klosterman mock continually in Chapter 1?

3. Which artist does Klosterman quote in Chapter 2 as voice questioning materialism?

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

5. What is something that every first-time Sim player does, according to developer Will Wright?

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