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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. Which of the following is not an inherent problem that Klosterman lists in Eating the Dinosaur?

2. In Chapter 10, Klosterman argues the a child's cereal choice is made to avoid being what?

3. In Chapter 15, Derf says that having known Jeffrey Dahmer is like having known whom?

4. What did Klosterman spend the first twenty minutes of his interview with the front man of Soul Asylum discussing?

5. According to Klosterman, what is the finest time travel film?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the book Left Behind about?

2. How does a Dixie Chicks concert reveal a cultural shift to Chuck Klosterman?

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

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

5. Why do sports writers hate their work?

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

7. How was the Tori Paradox the most realistic part of Saved by the Bell?

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

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

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

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

Write an essay exploring the differences Klosterman delineates between soccer people and baseball people. What does each sport emphasize and value? Why is the author certain that soccer will never make inroads as a popular sport in America? How does his attitude toward sports cause him to be embattled as a little league coach?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about how Chuck Klosterman analyzes the goals and achievements of the internet through the prism of pornography. What was the promise of the internet at its inception? How does the popularity of certain types of porn indicate a desire for community and equality? How does this run contrary to internet professionals' opinions of internet porn?

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