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

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

3. At the end of Chapter 5, what do most of the Paradise City band members say happened in their hotel room?
(a) They got in a fight by the pool.
(b) They kicked their drummer out.
(c) Nothing.
(d) They all got laid.

4. 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 can never satisfy a woman.
(d) He is the greatest writer of his generation.

5. In the Communications and Society class Klosterman describes in Chapter 1, what does the professor claim is indoctrination for children?
(a) Fairy tales.
(b) Cartoons.
(c) Action figures.
(d) Breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Around what holiday does Klosterman traditionally watch the Pamela Anderson sex tape?

2. Which song does Klosterman cite as having superior insights on a theme to Born to Run?

3. According to Klosterman in Chapter 3, every Real World character became a what?

4. What does Klosterman state is the essential question of all modern great films?

5. Why can Anderson not date sports stars, according to Klosterman in Chapter 6?

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