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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. The old man also tells his grandchildren that _____ was assassinated at a show in 1973 - two years after the article was written.
(a) Jimmy Hendrix.
(b) Jimmy Page
(c) Eric Clapton.
(d) Jeff Beck.

2. Bangs spends almost half of the review of the album talking about the song ______, which Bangs believes is about a transsexual man.
(a) Astral Weeks.
(b) Velvet Underground.
(c) Madame George.
(d) T.V. Eye.

3. Bangs claims that rock and roll's power does not come from musical talent but from the ______ instinct to constantly move.
(a) American.
(b) African.
(c) Spanish.
(d) English.

4. In reviewing Barry White's new album, Bangs states that White has found yet another way to sing about _____.
(a) Love.
(b) The Earth.
(c) Hate.
(d) Politics.

5. In his writing, Bangs fantasizes about murdering ______ because he is so self-absorbed.
(a) James Taylor.
(b) Bob Dylan.
(c) Elvis Presley.
(d) Reg Presley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs described ______ as a supernatural force in his ability to be a rebel without becoming an outcast.

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

3. Bangs rejects the idea that punk is _____ because some bands used symbols like swastikas. He felt that it was mainly for shock value.

4. In the essay "The White Noise Supremacists", Bangs tackles the subject of ______ in punk music.

5. Bangs suggested that rock bands had become pretentious and therefore deserved to get pied in the face like ______.

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