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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Scrap metal.
(b) Cardboard.
(c) Plastic.
(d) Crap.

2. Bangs claims that Count Five released a total of ______ albums and goes on to explain the merits of each.
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Seven.

3. 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) The Stooges.
(c) Question Mark.
(d) Led Zeppelin.

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

5. Bangs finds the lyrics on Jethro Tull's new album "Thick as a _____" to be self -righteous.
(a) Stick.
(b) Brick.
(c) Slab.
(d) Block.

6. The narrator of the story Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung is a ______ year old man explaining rock and roll history to his grandchildren.
(a) Ninety.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Sixty.

7. The essay titled "____ Witch" recommends the album because the band are all sexually frustrated "dorks".
(a) Black.
(b) Purple.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

8. According to Bangs, groups should have resisted the urge to become arty and developed the free style used by _____ musicians.
(a) Classical.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Rock.
(d) Blues.

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

10. Bangs believes that David Bowie's concert performance was an attempt to appropriate ______ culture.
(a) Black.
(b) Indigenous.
(c) Latino.
(d) Asian.

11. Bangs purchases a record by _______ and he says it is so bad that "it gets stars for lousiness".
(a) The Starz.
(b) The Godz.
(c) The Heroz.
(d) The Legendz.

12. Bangs describes the fact that Iggy Pop transitioned from an imitation of______ on the last album to a more refined and unique form.
(a) Robert Plant.
(b) Lou Reed.
(c) Paul McCartney.
(d) Mick Jagger.

13. _______ claims that they are one of the first truly German bands since World War II.
(a) Luftwaffe.
(b) Kraftwerk.
(c) Stonewerk.
(d) Blitzkrieg.

14. Bangs is using a deception because none of these other Count Five albums existed, and he was comparing himself to a ______ critic.
(a) Creem.
(b) Astral Weeks.
(c) L.A. Blues.
(d) Rolling Stone.

15. Bangs hears the album ______ at a dinner party and it leads to him and others harassing people at a Masons function.
(a) Sladest.
(b) Slade.
(c) Station to Station.
(d) Kraftwerk.

Short Answer Questions

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

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.

3. In his writing, Bangs fantasizes about murdering ______ because he is so self-absorbed.

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

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

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