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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Slaying the Children, Burying the Dead, Signs of Life Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bangs suggests that Reed's latest album was inspired by _______, which Bangs jokes could solve all the worlds problems.
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Opiates.
(d) Amphetamines.

2. Rock crowds had become convinced that bands were supposed to be objects of ______.
(a) Worship.
(b) Sexual fantasy.
(c) Comedy.
(d) Disgust.

3. The narrator of the story Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung is a ______ year old man explaining rock and roll history to his grandchildren.
(a) Seventy.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Ninety.

4. Bangs writes the latter half of his interview with Slade in an imitation of a _______ cockney accent.
(a) British.
(b) Spanish.
(c) American.
(d) French.

5. Bangs praises the song ______ because he believes it reflects a democratic sexual relationship where the man is concerned with giving the woman an orgasm.
(a) Give it to Me.
(b) I Just Sing.
(c) Wild Thing.
(d) T.V. Eye.

Short Answer Questions

1. In writing about the value of old horror movies, Bangs suggests that _____ is just a restriction mean to keep people from enjoying themselves.

2. According to Bangs, groups should have resisted the urge to become arty and developed the free style used by _____ musicians.

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

4. In "New Year's Eve", Bangs asserts that the holiday raises expectations for the future to an unreasonable level and the night is overall ______.

5. Bangs suggests that racism began to form when rock left its blues roots and became _____ music.

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