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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Communications and Society class Klosterman describes in Chapter 1, what does the professor claim is indoctrination for children?

2. According to Klosterman, why is Lee a celebrity?

3. In the introduction, what data does Klosterman say is the way he analyzes his goal?

4. How does Klosterman think Big Brother would have survived?

5. Who is Katie in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between the sexuality Monroe represents and the sexuality Anderson represents?

2. Describe Chuck Klosterman's holiday tradition.

3. What possible pitfalls could the release of Chinese Democracy cause for Paradise City?

4. How is Billy Joel an exception to the fetishism of coolness?

5. In Chapter 4, how does Klosterman explain Bruce Springsteen's appeal?

6. How does Klosterman connect porn and the rise of the internet in Chapter 9?

7. What is Chuck Klosterman's purpose in writing this book?

8. Why is Sim Chuck rejected in love?

9. How are Marilyn Monroe and Pamela Anderson similar?

10. Describe the gig at the end of Chapter 5.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In one of the essays of Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, Klosterman uses certain pup cultural conflicts to illustrate race conflict in America. In an essay, discuss Klosterman's notions about race in this country. What did The Real World illustrate about this conflict? What about the Laker/Celtic rivalry of the 1980s and 1990s? Does Klosterman seem to think race is a serious problem in this country? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

In several chapters, Klosterman makes note of a shift that occurred in the film industry with the release of Star Wars. Write an essay about this shift. What types of films were being produced, making money, and winning awards before Star Wars? What new strategy did studios develop to replicate the Star Wars boon? What does Klosterman think about this shift and its effect on films in the 1980s and 1990s?

Essay Topic 3

Choose three of the movies that Chuck Klosterman discusses in Chapter 13. In an essay discuss what all of these films have in common thematically. Why does Klosterman think that these are among the most effective films of the modern age? How do these films, as Klosterman argues, create the reality that others experience? How do their presentations of reality differ the presentations from film of the 1970's?

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