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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through '4: Every Dog Must Have His Every Day, Every Drunk Must Have His Drink, 0:42' and '5: Appetite for Replication, 0:56'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his latter work, Billy Joel expresses boredom with what?
(a) America.
(b) Success.
(c) Love.
(d) Children.

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

3. Which of the following is not an Electronic Arts game mentioned in Chapter 2?
(a) SimSafari.
(b) The Sims.
(c) SimEarth.
(d) SimCity.

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

5. What separates Paradise City from other Guns-N-Roses tribute bands?
(a) They play their own instruments.
(b) They play drunk.
(c) They don't wear wigs.
(d) They have learned some bottleg Chinese Democracy tunes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Klosterman initially suspect the Sims to be a critique of?

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

3. What statement at the beginning of Chapter 1 does Klosterman think will haunt him later?

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

5. In the Introduction, Klosterman says his goal in writing the novel is to explain what?

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