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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bangs enjoys Hell's music, but he is profoundly disturbed by the sense of ______ that he detects in his music and personality.
(a) Violence.
(b) Anger.
(c) Sexuality.
(d) Sadness.

2. After an initial fight, the couple meet again on the street and the young man asks the woman to ______.
(a) A picnic.
(b) A movie.
(c) A quiet dinner in his apartment.
(d) A restuarant.

3. "Growing Up True is Hard to Do" is a review of Bob Seger's album ______.
(a) Stranger in Town.
(b) L.A. Blues.
(c) New Year's Eve.
(d) Blank Generation.

4. Once on tour with The Clash, Bangs gets into a food fight and gets his hair set on fire by _______.
(a) The bass player.
(b) The drummer.
(c) The guitar player.
(d) The manager.

5. Reed tells Bangs that there are ______ that can be used as a weapon and some of them are on his latest album.
(a) Melodies.
(b) Instruments.
(c) Waves.
(d) Frequencies.

6. Bangs recounts an episode in which he experienced a great deal of _______ going to the convenience store.
(a) Joy.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Depression.
(d) Fear.

7. Bangs describes punk as being music that is about renouncing ______ and being different.
(a) Power.
(b) Sexism.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Drugs.

8. In his essay, Bangs accuses Seger of ______ because his music is not much different than others.
(a) Selling out.
(b) Laziness.
(c) Plagiarism.
(d) Stealing.

9. Bangs recounted an incident in which he referred to a band as _______ in front of a black couple.
(a) Slaves.
(b) Untalented.
(c) Africans.
(d) Niggers.

10. As the couple continues to discover things about each other they realize that they both hate the same things and both love _____.
(a) Sex.
(b) Tea.
(c) Movies.
(d) Food.

11. Bangs suggests that "Metal Machine Music" could also be used as a deterrent for _______.
(a) Relatives.
(b) Cats.
(c) Stray dogs.
(d) Landlords.

12. During his essay on Sham 69, Bangs attempts to emulate their style in his writing and ends every sentence with _______.
(a) A period.
(b) An exclamation point.
(c) A question mark.
(d) An ellipses.

13. The woman in the Maggie May story goes to the bar the next day looking _______ because she has no money.
(a) For work.
(b) To prostitute herself.
(c) For a meal.
(d) For a handout.

14. Bangs reviewed a recent performance of Iggy Pop at the Palladium and suggested that his physical performance hints at his ______.
(a) Isolation.
(b) Acrobatic skills.
(c) Depression.
(d) Martial arts training.

15. Bangs himself died of drug related causes about _____ years after the essay about Laughner was written.
(a) Ten.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs suggests that racism began to form when rock left its blues roots and became _____ music.

2. Bangs praises _______ for creating music with the Velvet Underground that was physically and mentally stimulating.

3. Bangs asserts that almost every band that is thought of as _______ was originally criticized for being terrible musicians.

4. Many people were obsessed with Phillips and Bangs believes he could bring out what was inside a person like a _______.

5. In his review of Peter Guralinick's book, Bangs suggests that all the characters in the book were destroyed by their ______.

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