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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Creemwork—Frauds, Failures, and Fantasies Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bangs had written earlier about the Troggs and suggested that they were a ______ band.
(a) Elitist.
(b) Inclusive.
(c) Separatist.
(d) Chauvinist.

2. Bangs felt that the Baby Boomer generation was ______, believing their every act was of great importance.
(a) Antisocial.
(b) Philanthropic.
(c) Narcissistic.
(d) Chauvinistic.

3. Bangs suggests that the song called ______ by the Troggs is about a countdown towards sexual penetration.
(a) Wild Thing.
(b) I Just Sing.
(c) 8675309.
(d) 66-5-4-3-2-1.

4. Critic Jon Landau dismisses Bangs for his reviews and for his magazine _______ for giving similar albums positive reviews.
(a) Creem.
(b) Astral Weeks.
(c) Rolling Stone.
(d) L.A. Blues.

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) Carburetor Dung.
(b) Velvet Underground.
(c) T.V. Eye.
(d) L.A. Blues.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Other critics said of Iggy Pop and the band that the stage show was juvenile and they were musically ______.

3. Bangs argues that _____ 's antics helped to break down the wall between the musician and the listener.

4. Bangs asserts that "the Guess Who is God" in his essay "The Guess Who: Live at the _____".

5. Bangs also claims that the Troggs got their name from a group of ______ youth who were living in caves at the time of the band's formation.

(see the answer key)

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