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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Slaying the Father.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bangs suggests that the song ______ forced listeners to go out and live life instead of just being passive.
(a) T.V. Eye.
(b) I Just Sing.
(c) Give it to me.
(d) Wild Thing.

2. In "Chicago at Carnegie Hall, Volumes I,II, III, & IV", Bangs mocks the album as being better as pieces of _____ than a work of music.
(a) Plastic.
(b) Scrap metal.
(c) Cardboard.
(d) Crap.

3. _______ claims that they are one of the first truly German bands since World War II.
(a) Kraftwerk.
(b) Stonewerk.
(c) Blitzkrieg.
(d) Luftwaffe.

4. Bangs begins the essay "John Coltrane Lives" by describing a recent practice session with his band and discovering a _______ in the apartment, reminding him of Coltrane.
(a) Piano.
(b) Bass.
(c) Trumpet.
(d) Saxophone.

5. Bangs comes to like the song ______, which he first had dismissed as so much noise.
(a) Fun House.
(b) L.A. Blues.
(c) Rolling Stone.
(d) T.V. Eye.

Short Answer Questions

1. The worst examples of bands that treat their fans poorly Bangs refers to as ______, with James Taylor as the lead person in the group.

2. Bangs begins the essay "Do the Godz Speak Esperanto" by discussing ______ records which he believes is the most underground record label in the country.

3. When the confrontation escalates, Bangs is arrested by a tenant in the building and charged with _____.

4. In the essay "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-up ______", Bangs complains that television stations do not play enough horror films.

5. Bangs suggests that the song called ______ by the Troggs is about a countdown towards sexual penetration.

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