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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Black _____ Arkansas: Keep the Faith", Bangs admits that he like the band's album when he first heard it.
(a) Molasses.
(b) Hickory.
(c) Maple.
(d) Oak.

2. When the confrontation escalates, Bangs is arrested by a tenant in the building and charged with _____.
(a) Battery.
(b) Drunk and Disorderly conduct.
(c) Breaking and Entering.
(d) Assault.

3. Lester Bangs refers to Count Five's album ______ as being their grungiest, and describes the reaction of other critics.
(a) Psychotic Reaction.
(b) Bangs.
(c) Physical Graffiti.
(d) Carburetor Dung.

4. Bangs praises the song ______ because he believes it reflects a democratic sexual relationship where the man is concerned with giving the woman an orgasm.
(a) I Just Sing.
(b) Give it to Me.
(c) T.V. Eye.
(d) Wild Thing.

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 Rolling Stones.
(b) Led Zeppelin.
(c) Question Mark.
(d) The Stooges.

6. The Yardbirds were a British Band that launched the musical careers of all of the following guitarists except ______.
(a) Neil Young.
(b) Jeff Beck.
(c) Eric Clapton.
(d) Jimmy Page.

7. The narrator agonizes over buying Count Five's record _____ because it is mediocre but he eventually comes to love it.
(a) Psychotic Reaction.
(b) Physical Graffiti.
(c) Carburetor Dung.
(d) Bangs.

8. In the essay "Screwing the System With Dick Clark", Bangs describes his meeting with Dick Clark, host of _______.
(a) American Bandstand.
(b) The Tonight Show.
(c) American Groovestand.
(d) Dick Van Dyke Show.

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

10. Clark believes that the current generation are very ______ despite their claims towards originality.
(a) Non-conformist.
(b) Communist.
(c) Conformist.
(d) Antagonist.

11. Bangs begins the essay "Do the Godz Speak Esperanto" by discussing ______ records which he believes is the most underground record label in the country.
(a) ESP.
(b) Columbia.
(c) RCA.
(d) IBM.

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

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

14. In "Of Pop and Pies and Fun", Bangs defends the band that is known as the _______, in particular front man Iggy Pop.
(a) The Stooges.
(b) The Yardbirds.
(c) The Animals.
(d) The Black Crows.

15. Bangs argues that "Keep the Faith" could be used to make people immune from _____ torture and brainwashing.
(a) Socialist.
(b) Republican.
(c) Communist.
(d) Neo-nazi.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. The opening acts for David Bowie's concert included such names as Ava Cherrt and _______.

3. The narrator of the story Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung is a ______ year old man explaining rock and roll history to his grandchildren.

4. Bangs then reviews James Taylor's album called "_____ Man Dog" and surprisingly defends the album.

5. Bangs suggests that _____ is a dangerous thing because it makes people vulnerable to the universal pain of life.

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