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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 suggests that the music of ______ was a natural reaction to the chaos of the late 1960s.
(a) The Animals.
(b) The Black Crows.
(c) The Yardbirds.
(d) The Stooges.

2. Bangs finds the lyrics on Jethro Tull's new album "Thick as a _____" to be self -righteous.
(a) Block.
(b) Stick.
(c) Brick.
(d) Slab.

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

4. 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) Carburetor Dung.
(d) T.V. Eye.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs considers horror movies to be the equivalent of ______ movies and writes a fake L.A. times article detailing an uprising against the television stations.

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

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. In "Black _____ Arkansas: Keep the Faith", Bangs admits that he like the band's album when he first heard it.

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