This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through '12: Sulking with Lisa Loeb on the Ice Planet Hoth, 1:49' and '13: The Awe-Inspiring Beauty of Tom Cruise's Shattered, Troll-like Face, 1:59'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event in an episode of Saved by the Bell struck Klosterman's friend Joel as ridiculous?
(a) Zack freezing time.
(b) The Girls of Bayside calendar.
(c) Oil being discovered under the Bayside goalposts.
(d) Mr. Belding blackmailing Zack.

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

3. Which popular NBC show does Klosterman cite in this chapter as having unrealistic romantic ideals?
(a) Friends.
(b) Seinfeld.
(c) Mad About You.
(d) The Office.

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

5. To what abstract notion does Pamela Anderson make love, according to Klosterman in Chapter 6?
(a) Celebrity.
(b) Sexuality.
(c) Rock and roll.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to realizing that life is inherently disappointing, what reason does does Klosterman offer for Generation X's decision to abandon working class values in Chapter 12?

2. At the end of Chapter 5, what do most of the Paradise City band members say happened in their hotel room?

3. What does Klosterman do with his Sim at the end of Chapter 2?

4. What is does Wyndmere have instead of a park?

5. In Chapter 13, Klosterman questions the logic of the protagonists' choices in The Matrix and Vanilla Sky because why?

(see the answer key)

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