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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Blowing It Up, Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator agonizes over buying Count Five's record _____ because it is mediocre but he eventually comes to love it.
(a) Bangs.
(b) Psychotic Reaction.
(c) Carburetor Dung.
(d) Physical Graffiti.

2. The worst examples of bands that treat their fans poorly Bangs refers to as ______, with James Taylor as the lead person in the group.
(a) We-Rock.
(b) They-Rock.
(c) I-Rock.
(d) You-Rock.

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

4. Van Morrison's second album was released in _____ and Bangs reports that it became a source of hope for him.
(a) 1972.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1968.

5. The song _______ is listed on the first half of the Stooges second album which Bangs describes as the better half of the album.
(a) L.A. Blues.
(b) Velvet Underground.
(c) T.V. Eye.
(d) Carburetor Dung.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Of Pop and Pies and Fun", Bangs defends the band that is known as the _______, in particular front man Iggy Pop.

2. Although the essay begins by talking about the _______, the narrator changes the subject to a group called Count Five.

3. ______ is the singer of the Velvet Underground, the band that Bangs suggested was able to use a free style method.

4. Bangs suggests that once groups reach stardom they begin to treat their fans with ______.

5. In the second section of the essay, Bangs suggests that some bands turned from simplistic rock into arty bands, including all of the following except ______.

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