Do You Suffer from Post-Modern Syndrome
(PMS)?
Take this quiz and find out!
1. Do you think that absolute truth is a good thing?
a) absolutely
b) not really
c) excuse me, what does truth mean?
2. Finish this sentence: Change is
a) the best thing for a person.
b) horrible.
c) .
3. Where did the postmodern movement get its start?
a) Asia
b) United States
c) Who cares—what’s all this crap about origins anyway? Uh, can you turn the TV up?
4. In my spare time I enjoy…
a) taking these types of quizzes
b) gardening
c) picking the toe jam out of my toenails
5. When I watch a postmodern performance art piece, I…
a) am utterly confused, horrified and offended.
b) get the sensation of biting into a York Peppermint Patty.
c) contemplate the multi-faceted nature of reality, its inherent contradictions and similarities (and the pompousness of my own existence).
6. My favorite TV show is:
a) Married with Children
b) Painting with Bob Ross
c) The Simpsons.
7. I dress in:
a) a business suit
b) fuzzy, feet-ie pajamas
c) whatever doesn’t stink too bad
8. Religion is:
a) the opiate of the masses
b) Christianity
c) definitely NOT my cup of tea
9. When faced with political or cultural oppression, I…
a) assume that its best.
b) burn my voter registration card.
c) create a new performance art piece.
10. My idea of an ideal vacation would be…
a) a one month, guided tour of all the most trendy places in Europe.
b) camping with a pound of marijuana, an ounce of psilocybin mushrooms and a keg of beer.
c) a trip to mid-western America.
RESULTS:
If you really expect me to tell you how many points you get for answering which letters and then tell you what range is postmodern and what range isn’t, then you are definitely NOT suffering from Post-Modern Syndrome and do NOT have a postmodern bone in your body.
If you enjoyed the process of taking this quiz and couldn’t give a rat’s ass what I think about your status as a postmodern theorist, then you are a postmodern theorist.
Post-Quiz NOTE: The idea for this quiz came from a page of definitions and comparisons at: http://www.meme-brain-press.com/pmo.htm