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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 of the following is not a modern film that Klosterman cites as one of the films worth watching and discussing?
(a) ExistenZ.
(b) Memento.
(c) Magnolia.
(d) Fight Club.

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

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

4. In Chapter 13, which actor's 1970s career does Klosterman use as an example of films that expressed the zeitgeist?
(a) Al Pacino.
(b) Jack Nicholson.
(c) Gene Hackman.
(d) Marlon Brando.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 14, Klosterman argues that most people see life as what?

2. Which of the following is a reason Klosterman offers for why mix CD's are less effective than mix tapes?

3. Which character did not disappear abruptly at some point in the final season of Saved by the Bell?

4. According to Klosterman in Chapter 12, The Empire Strikes Back celebrates what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do sports writers hate their work?

2. What is the essence of coolness, as described in Chapter 10?

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

4. What is the book Left Behind about?

5. Describe to conflict between alternative and mainstream country music.

6. How has the portrayal of reality in films changed between the golden age of the 1970s and today, according to Klosterman?

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

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

9. What example does Klosterman offer in Eating the Dinosaur to illustrate the loss of origins in time travel?

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

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