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

2. Lester Bangs compares listening to amazing albums like those produced by Count Five as being similar to a first ______.
(a) Girlfriend.
(b) Bike ride.
(c) Orgasm.
(d) Time using drugs.

3. Bangs describes another band, _____, that was able to step into using a freestyle approach partly due to the fact that barely knew how to play their instruments.
(a) The Stooges.
(b) The Mysterians.
(c) Question Mark.
(d) The Velvet Underground.

4. Other critics said of Iggy Pop and the band that the stage show was juvenile and they were musically ______.
(a) Visionary.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Talented.
(d) Simplistic.

5. Although the essay begins by talking about the _______, the narrator changes the subject to a group called Count Five.
(a) Yardbirds.
(b) Rolling Stones.
(c) Misfits.
(d) Led Zeppelin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his write up of the song _____, Bangs fantasizes about the lead singer, Reg Presley, living out the lyrics.

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

3. The band known as the Troggs were responsible for the smash hit ______.

4. Bangs argues that in order to make rock and roll good again, musicians have to stop trying to respect ______ styles.

5. Bangs suggested that rock bands had become pretentious and therefore deserved to get pied in the face like ______.

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