Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto Test | Final Test - Easy

Chuck Klosterman
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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Klosterman attend the Pop Music Studies conference?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1990.
(d) 2002.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 16, what does Klosterman say to those who hate the media?
(a) The media hates them.
(b) They should.
(c) They are taking in the wrong media.
(d) Move to Europe.

3. What does Julie do after getting home from her meeting with Valentine?
(a) Write her boyfriend.
(b) Take a nap.
(c) Smoke pot.
(d) Say a prayer.

4. What word does Kirk Cameron use to describe the Rapture as depicted in Left Behind in the interview quoted in Chapter 17?
(a) Terrifying.
(b) Accurate.
(c) Simplistic.
(d) Silly.

5. Who was granola designed initially to feed?
(a) Horses.
(b) Sanitarium inmates.
(c) Overseas travelers.
(d) Nuns in seclusion.

6. In Chapter 12, what event does Klosterman theorize ended the second act of his generation?
(a) The start of the Iraq War.
(b) The fall of the World Trade Center.
(c) The election of Bill Clinton.
(d) It is still going on.

7. In one hypothetical question, Klosterman offers the questioned a choice between a vacation in Europe or where?
(a) The moon.
(b) Narnia.
(c) Heaven.
(d) The Antarctic.

8. What does the serial killer Cowboy Mike do with Klosterman's friend Sarah?
(a) He murdered her.
(b) He confessed to her in police custody.
(c) He danced with her.
(d) He bought a car from her.

9. According to Klosterman in Chapter 16, what drives bias in journalism?
(a) Who calls first.
(b) Who is funding the news outlet.
(c) Who is in power.
(d) Who is sleeping with whom.

10. What scene from Mulholland Drive does Klosterman cite as proof of his interpretation of the plot?
(a) The first sex scene.
(b) The masturbation scene.
(c) The music hall scene.
(d) The car crash scene.

11. In Chapter 13, Klosterman questions the logic of the protagonists' choices in The Matrix and Vanilla Sky because why?
(a) They are absolute choices.
(b) They are heedlessly heroic.
(c) They are not bases in reality.
(d) They reflect a privileged lifestyle.

12. Which of the following is not a frequent topic of conversation from Horace and his friends?
(a) The weather.
(b) The new interstate.
(c) Dying friends.
(d) Walter Mondale.

13. What topic of conversation did Gacy continuously bring up with Nuzum in their phone calls?
(a) His innocence.
(b) Nuzum's marriage.
(c) The existence of God.
(d) Movies.

14. Where in school was Klosterman when he began researching serial killers?
(a) Freshman year of college.
(b) Sophomore year of high school.
(c) Fourth grade.
(d) Eighth grade.

15. How does Klosterman view the attitudes of agnostics toward born-agains?
(a) He thinks they are perfectly reasonable.
(b) He thinks they are considerate.
(c) He thinks they are patronizing.
(d) He has no opinion.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Downtown Owl, what rumor is spreading concerning Coach Laidlaw?

4. How did Klosterman personally feel about the Pop Music Studies conference?

5. At a Dixie Chicks concert in Chapter 14, Klosterman realizes who are the new teenage boys?

(see the answer keys)

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