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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. What is Mitch Hrlicka's nickname?
(a) Vanna.
(b) Xardoz.
(c) Hass.
(d) H-Dog.
2. What is Klosterman's personal analogy for time?
(a) A stream.
(b) A cliff.
(c) A zipline.
(d) A train.
3. In what year did Klosterman attend the Pop Music Studies conference?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1996.
4. Which of the following is not an inherent problem that Klosterman lists in Eating the Dinosaur?
(a) It changes memory.
(b) It leads to multiple realities.
(c) It eliminates the orgins of things.
(d) It is scientifically impossible.
5. Which character did not disappear abruptly at some point in the final season of Saved by the Bell?
(a) Kelli Kapowski.
(b) Lisa Turtle.
(c) Tori.
(d) Jessie Spano.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 10, Klosterman argues the a child's cereal choice is made to avoid being what?
2. In addition to realizing that life is inherently disappointing, what reason does does Klosterman offer for Generation X's decision to abandon working class values in Chapter 12?
3. In the beginning of Eating the Dinosaur, Klosterman discusses whether time travel or what will happen first?
4. Which film was the first film Klosterman saw in a movie theater?
5. What scene from Mulholland Drive does Klosterman cite as proof of his interpretation of the plot?
Short Essay Questions
1. What annoys Horace and his friends about Chet the dog-lover?
2. How does the timing of sources affect bias in the news, according to Klosterman?
3. What disagreement does Chuck Klosterman with critics regarding Vanilla Sky?
4. Describe Klosterman's process for extracting truth from low culture.
5. Why is being a serial killer more authentic than being a regular celebrity?
6. What is the book Left Behind about?
7. Why is the Pop Music Studies conference that Klosterman attends in Chapter 17 not a rocking place?
8. What is the essence of coolness, as described in Chapter 10?
9. How are some cereal icons representative of the pained desire for perfection and acceptance?
10. Why does Klosterman posit that traveling forward in time is less fraught than traveling back?
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