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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 One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator begins the story by talking about how great the music was in the year ______, particularly the Yardbirds.
(a) 1970.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1967.

2. The second essay in the book is a review of Van Morrison's second album called _______.
(a) Astral Weeks.
(b) Madame George.
(c) Velvet Underground.
(d) T.V. Eye.

3. In the article "Jethro Tull in ______" Bangs describes how the band has managed to become popular without the benefit of a radio single.
(a) Germany.
(b) Japan.
(c) Korea.
(d) Vietnam.

4. In "Chicago at Carnegie Hall, Volumes I,II, III, & IV", Bangs mocks the album as being better as pieces of _____ than a work of music.
(a) Plastic.
(b) Cardboard.
(c) Scrap metal.
(d) Crap.

5. The essay "James Taylor Marked for Death" begins with a discussion about the British band called ______.
(a) The Animals.
(b) The Fugs.
(c) The Troggs.
(d) The Stooges.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bangs takes the instrument home with him and attempts to play it, a dispute with ______ erupts.

2. Lester Bangs compares listening to amazing albums like those produced by Count Five as being similar to a first ______.

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

4. Bangs asserts that the live music sounds similar to the studio music except there are long and pointless ______.

5. Bangs argues that in order to make rock and roll good again, musicians have to stop trying to respect ______ styles.

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