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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. The convoluted final hypothetical question of this section concerns which deceased actor?
(a) Phil Hartman.
(b) Christopher Reeve.
(c) Richard Pryor.
(d) John Ritter.

2. In his hypothetical questions, whose skull does Klosterman ask if a person would display in their home?
(a) Jesus's.
(b) His.
(c) Hitler's.
(d) Their mother's.

3. What Joel album does Klosterman insist was a universally loved?
(a) The Stranger.
(b) River of Dreams.
(c) Glass Houses.
(d) An Innocent Man.

4. Who did Laura turn out to be about?
(a) Joel's wife.
(b) Joel's daughter.
(c) Joel's sister.
(d) Joel's daughter.

5. What is something that every first-time Sim player does, according to developer Will Wright?
(a) Not get a job.
(b) Seduce a married woman.
(c) Kill the Sim.
(d) Go to the bathroom on themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Klosterman, Billy Joel is great despite what?

2. What term does Klosterman use for the female John Cusack ideal?

3. What is the unifying theme of all of Billy Joel's music?

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

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

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