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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. At the beginning of Chapter 11, Klosterman says that all popular ideas are inherently what?
(a) Prurient.
(b) Cliche.
(c) Reductive.
(d) Conservative.

2. In Chapter 9, Klosterman says the internet allows people to participate in what?
(a) A hum of white noise.
(b) A collective consciousness.
(c) A massive orgy.
(d) An international dialogue.

3. Why can Anderson not date sports stars, according to Klosterman in Chapter 6?
(a) No one follows sports like they did in the 1950s.
(b) They are not overtly sexual.
(c) She is a PR liability.
(d) Her profile his not high enough.

4. Which film was the first film Klosterman saw in a movie theater?
(a) Raiders of the Lost Ark.
(b) Return of the Jedi.
(c) Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
(d) The Empire Strikes Back.

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

2. In Chapter 12, what event does Klosterman theorize ended the second act of his generation?

3. How does Klosterman think Big Brother would have survived?

4. At the end of Chapter 6, Klosterman says that both Monroe and Anderson are only about what?

5. Who is Katie in Chapter 2?

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