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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through '8: 33, 0:97' and '9: Porn, 1:09'.

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. What statement at the beginning of Chapter 1 does Klosterman think will haunt him later?
(a) John Cusack will never win an Oscar.
(b) America has only ten years left in it.
(c) He is the greatest writer of his generation.
(d) He can never satisfy a woman.

3. Which Coldplay song does Klosterman mock continually in Chapter 1?
(a) Viva La Vida.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Clocks.
(d) Fix You.

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

5. Which artist does Klosterman quote in Chapter 2 as voice questioning materialism?
(a) Thom Yorke.
(b) Mos Def.
(c) David Byrne.
(d) Neil Young.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Randy Trask hitting on at the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. What has the drummer of Paradise City done recently that mystifies his bandmates?

4. Which generation does Klosterman acknowledge he belongs to?

5. At the end of Chapter 4, Klosterman says that Joel's music is about accepting what?

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