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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The band known as the Troggs were responsible for the smash hit ______.
(a) Wild Thing.
(b) Marked for Death.
(c) L.A. Blues.
(d) T.V. Eye.

2. Bangs goes on to review the second album that the Stooges put out called _____ . Bangs admits that the first time he heard the album it sounded like nothing but noise.
(a) T.V. Eye.
(b) L.A. Blues.
(c) Wild Thing.
(d) Fun House.

3. 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.
(a) Irish.
(b) British.
(c) French.
(d) American.

4. The band known as the Troggs derived their name from the word ______ which means "cavemen".
(a) Troglodyte.
(b) Troggers.
(c) Trogosphere.
(d) Trogopithecus.

5. Bangs concludes the essay by suggesting that ______ are making jokes to their listeners that play off all of their darkest fears and fantasies.
(a) The Stooges.
(b) Led Zeppelin.
(c) The Rolling Stones.
(d) Question Mark.

Short Answer Questions

1. One group that Bangs felt did use a more freestyle approach was ________, but they were among the few.

2. Bangs praises the song ______ because he believes it reflects a democratic sexual relationship where the man is concerned with giving the woman an orgasm.

3. Bangs suggests that the song ______ forced listeners to go out and live life instead of just being passive.

4. The essay "James Taylor Marked for Death" begins with a discussion about the British band called ______.

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

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