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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. According to Klosterman, what types of interactions in The Real World are real?
(a) Self-referential interactions.
(b) SIlent interactions.
(c) Sexual interactions.
(d) Racial interactions.

2. Which of the following is not an Electronic Arts game mentioned in Chapter 2?
(a) SimEarth.
(b) The Sims.
(c) SimSafari.
(d) SimCity.

3. What path do Gen X'ers normally choose in life, according to Klosterman in Chapter 12?
(a) They refuse to choose a path.
(b) The lowkey path.
(c) The comfortable path.
(d) The difficult path.

4. In Chapter 12, Klosterman compares Darth Vader's appeal to Luke at the end of The Empire Strike's Back to the modern pressures of a twenty-something to do what?
(a) Go to grad school.
(b) Join the army.
(c) Get married.
(d) Have children.

5. At the end of Chapter 4, Klosterman says that Joel's music is about accepting what?
(a) Love.
(b) Imperfection.
(c) Lots of money.
(d) Success.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was granola designed initially to feed?

2. Which of the following cereal icons is not cited in Chapter 10 as a Sisyphean character?

3. Who did Laura turn out to be about?

4. What term does Klosterman use in Chapter 12 to describe Gen X'ers?

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

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