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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Unpublishable Part Two and Untitled.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bangs begins the essay "Do the Godz Speak Esperanto" by discussing ______ records which he believes is the most underground record label in the country.
(a) IBM.
(b) ESP.
(c) Columbia.
(d) RCA.

2. The woman comes to realize at some point that she feels more like a ______ than a lover in their relationship.
(a) Mother.
(b) Friend.
(c) Sister.
(d) Daughter.

3. In writing about the value of old horror movies, Bangs suggests that _____ is just a restriction mean to keep people from enjoying themselves.
(a) Religion.
(b) Good Taste.
(c) Criticism.
(d) Philosophy.

4. Bangs concludes that Iggy Pop's performances are the most ______ things he has seen and also the most terrifying.
(a) Worthless.
(b) Shameful.
(c) Alive.
(d) Dead.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After an initial fight, the couple meet again on the street and the young man asks the woman to ______.

2. Bangs himself died of drug related causes about _____ years after the essay about Laughner was written.

3. Bangs states that "Station to Station" is ______ 's finest album yet because even if the lyrics are pretentious, the guitar is amazing.

4. In the essay "Screwing the System With Dick Clark", Bangs describes his meeting with Dick Clark, host of _______.

5. In the essay "Let Us Now Praise Famous Death Dwarves", Bangs lists ways that ______ is unique, including the fact that he is willing to interview with Bangs again.

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