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

2. Sylvester Graham argued that insanity is linked to what?
(a) Moon cycles.
(b) Food choices.
(c) Religious affiliation.
(d) Family history.

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

4. Which of the following is not an item Klosterman analyzes in Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs?
(a) The first season of The Real World.
(b) The death of Jackson Pollock.
(c) The Left Behind series.
(d) The Pamela/Tommy Lee sex tape.

5. At the Pop Music Studies conference, Klosterman is disheartened when a critic he is talking with orders what at the bar?
(a) Orange juice.
(b) Water.
(c) Rogue Dead Guy.
(d) Zima.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was granola designed initially to feed?

2. The convoluted final hypothetical question of this section concerns which deceased actor?

3. What social activity is Eric Nuzum passionate about?

4. What Gacy trinket does Eric Nuzum have in his house?

5. In the beginning of Eating the Dinosaur, Klosterman discusses whether time travel or what will happen first?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is serial killing a modern crime?

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

5. How do page designers affect the news?

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

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

8. What essential beliefs does Generation X have, according to Chuck Klosterman?

9. What is the difference between Saved by the Bell and an important show?

10. What is the book Left Behind about?

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