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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Blowing It Up, Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bangs argues that _____ 's antics helped to break down the wall between the musician and the listener.
(a) Jimmy Page.
(b) Alice Cooper.
(c) Iggy Pop.
(d) Eric Clapton.

2. Van Morrison's second album was released in _____ and Bangs reports that it became a source of hope for him.
(a) 1972.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1963.

3. Bangs suggested that rock bands had become pretentious and therefore deserved to get pied in the face like ______.
(a) Alice Cooper.
(b) Iggy Pop.
(c) Jimmy Page.
(d) Eric Clapton.

4. In the second section of the essay, Bangs suggests that some bands turned from simplistic rock into arty bands, including all of the following except ______.
(a) The Yardbirds.
(b) The Mysterians.
(c) Led Zeppelin.
(d) Question Mark.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bangs describes the fact that Iggy Pop transitioned from an imitation of______ on the last album to a more refined and unique form.

3. Bangs comes to like the song ______, which he first had dismissed as so much noise.

4. Critic Jon Landau dismisses Bangs for his reviews and for his magazine _______ for giving similar albums positive reviews.

5. Lester Bangs refers to Count Five's album ______ as being their grungiest, and describes the reaction of other critics.

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