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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which rapper does Klosterman cite for his clear lyrics in Chapter 14?
(a) Jay Z.
(b) Snoop Dogg.
(c) Kanye West.
(d) Eminem.

2. What does Klosterman plan to do at the end of Chapter 15 in order to meet a serial killer?
(a) Frequent S and M bars.
(b) Join a prison correspondence program.
(c) Pick up hitchhikers.
(d) Nothing.

3. What did Derf write in relation to Jeffrey Dahmer?
(a) A comic book.
(b) An obituary.
(c) A biography.
(d) A Time Magazine article.

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

5. In Chapter 10, Klosterman characterizes himself as what type of person?
(a) An intellectual person.
(b) A hedonistic person.
(c) A self-improving person.
(d) A nonsense person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What social activity is Eric Nuzum passionate about?

2. What realization does the protagonist of Waking Life have at the end of the film?

3. In his hypothetical questions, whose skull does Klosterman ask if a person would display in their home?

4. Which of the following is not an item Klosterman analyzes in Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs?

5. On day two of the Pop Music Studies conference, Klosterman misses a seminar that was to start at what time?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are some cereal icons representative of the pained desire for perfection and acceptance?

2. What does Klosterman think that "what is reality?" films are teaching us?

3. Why is being a serial killer more authentic than being a regular celebrity?

4. What annoys Horace and his friends about Chet the dog-lover?

5. Why is Laura dispirited by her interview with Walter Valentine?

6. How has the quality of the Star Wars franchise been incorrectly assessed, according to Klosterman in Chapter 12?

7. What do the 23 questions of this section deal with?

8. Why do sports writers hate their work?

9. Describe Klosterman's process for extracting truth from low culture.

10. Why is the Pop Music Studies conference that Klosterman attends in Chapter 17 not a rocking place?

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