Snobby Exam Questions from fake university classes

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From CULTURE 436: 90s Rockers and 20th Century Writers:


Please match the following 1990s-era musicians with their closest literary analogue:

A. Stephen Malkmus                        1. Donald Barthelme
B. Kurt Cobain                                 2. Vladimir Nabokov
C. Dave Matthews                           3. John Updike
D. Jeff Mangum                               4. Eugene Ionesco
E. Michael Stipe (90s era only!)        5. Sinclair Lewis
F. Edward Vedder                             6. Wallace Stevens
G.   Shirley Manson                          7. Thomas Stearns Eliot

EXTRA CREDIT: Who is the closest literary analogue of Thom Yorke?  Who is the closest 90s alternative-rock analogue of Frank Herbert?

[Keith Whitener]

Where's the answer guide?!

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"Feel free to contribute."

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

It's a trick question. Jeff Mangum is the only one who corresponds to any of the authors.

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What would you say / If you were doggy on a chain = I shall wear white flannel trousers / And walk upon the beach


Come on, people!