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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Excerpt from Downtown Owl and Excerpt from Eating the Dinosaur.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sylvester Graham argued that insanity is linked to what?
(a) Family history.
(b) Food choices.
(c) Religious affiliation.
(d) Moon cycles.

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

3. To Klosterman, serial killing is a modern crime because it validates what?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The need for psychoanalysis.
(c) The absence of a god.
(d) An irrational fear.

4. In Chapter 15, Derf says that having known Jeffrey Dahmer is like having known whom?
(a) Michael J. Fox.
(b) John Goodman.
(c) Jerry Seinfeld.
(d) Chris Rock.

5. How is Klosterman officially fired from his little league coaching job?
(a) He is not officially fired.
(b) In a one-on-one meeting.
(c) By note.
(d) By phone call.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a modern film that Klosterman cites as one of the films worth watching and discussing?

2. Which rapper does Klosterman cite for his clear lyrics in Chapter 14?

3. According to Klosterman in Chapter 12, The Empire Strikes Back celebrates what?

4. Which television show does Klosterman cite as an example of an important program?

5. In the Introduction, Klosterman says his goal in writing the novel is to explain what?

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