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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Creemwork—Frauds, Failures, and Fantasies Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Eighty.
(c) Ninety.
(d) Sixty.

2. The article "My Night of Ecstasy With the J. Geils Band" talks about Bangs and the staff of ______ trying to figure out how to cover the J. Geils show.
(a) The Cream.
(b) The Rolling Stone.
(c) Heavy Metal.
(d) Creem.

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.
(a) You-Rock.
(b) I-Rock.
(c) They-Rock.
(d) We-Rock.

4. Bangs suggests that the genre of rock and roll is naturally ______ and thus musical illiteracy is consistent with rock and roll.
(a) Adolescent.
(b) Babyish.
(c) Adult.
(d) Childish.

5. Bangs feels that Morrison has a unique talent to take a simple phrase and repeat it until it becomes something ______.
(a) Philosophical.
(b) Mystical.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Political.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Yardbirds were a British Band that launched the musical careers of all of the following guitarists except ______.

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

3. The song _______ is listed on the first half of the Stooges second album which Bangs describes as the better half of the album.

4. Bands describes some of his adolescent ______ exploits as a form of tribute to the power of the Troggs' music.

5. 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 ______.

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