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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has the drummer of Paradise City done recently that mystifies his bandmates?
(a) Given up drinking.
(b) Gotten married.
(c) Refused to play Sweet Child of Mine.
(d) Cut his hair.

2. When do American's generally stop playing soccer?
(a) After college.
(b) In the third grade.
(c) In high school.
(d) When they get a girlfriend.

3. In the Introduction, Klosterman says his goal in writing the novel is to explain what?
(a) Why we are alive.
(b) Where America is headed.
(c) How we can be happy.
(d) Why he hates himself.

4. Who is Randy Trask hitting on at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) A gas station attendant.
(b) A groupee.
(c) A waitress.
(d) Klosterman.

5. Why is Madonna an unsuccessful sexual icon?
(a) She is too talented.
(b) She is too boring.
(c) She tries to hard.
(d) She cannot act.

6. What is a Laker person's preferred socially-irresponsible rapper?
(a) Lil' John.
(b) Ice Cube.
(c) Eminem.
(d) 50 Cent.

7. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what does Klosterman believe Generations X's singular goal is?
(a) Getting laid.
(b) Being cool.
(c) Owning things.
(d) Making art.

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

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

10. What does a Celtic person eat for breakfast?
(a) Cereal.
(b) Steak and eggs.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Grits.

11. Which band member of Paradise City is the band leader looking to replace?
(a) Drummer.
(b) Bass guitar.
(c) Axl.
(d) Lead guitar.

12. Klosterman begins Chapter 8 by talking about which prolific American director?
(a) John Cassavettes.
(b) Martin Scorsese.
(c) Spike Lee.
(d) David Fincher.

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

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

15. According to Klosterman, why is Lee a celebrity?
(a) Because everyone is a celebrity in modern America.
(b) Because he strives to be.
(c) Because of his sex tape with Anderson.
(d) Because of Motley Crue.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Klosterman in Chapter 1, an intellectual relationship is no different from what?

2. What does Klosterman do with his Sim at the end of Chapter 2?

3. Klosterman theorizes in Chapter 2 that many who play The Sims enact what?

4. What is something that every first-time Sim player does, according to developer Will Wright?

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

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