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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Bangs suggests that the song called ______ by the Troggs is about a countdown towards sexual penetration.
(a) Wild Thing.
(b) 8675309.
(c) I Just Sing.
(d) 66-5-4-3-2-1.

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

4. Bangs feels that Morrison has a unique talent to take a simple phrase and repeat it until it becomes something ______.
(a) Political.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Philosophical.
(d) Mystical.

5. In his write up of the song _____, Bangs fantasizes about the lead singer, Reg Presley, living out the lyrics.
(a) Fugs.
(b) 66-5-4-3-2-1.
(c) Wild Thing.
(d) I Just Sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs considers horror movies to be the equivalent of ______ movies and writes a fake L.A. times article detailing an uprising against the television stations.

2. Bangs had written earlier about the Troggs and suggested that they were a ______ band.

3. Although the essay begins by talking about the _______, the narrator changes the subject to a group called Count Five.

4. The essay titled "____ Witch" recommends the album because the band are all sexually frustrated "dorks".

5. Bands describes some of his adolescent ______ exploits as a form of tribute to the power of the Troggs' music.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the J. Geils Band invite Bangs to do when he is trying to cover their concert?

2. When there is speculation as to whether a song like "Wild Thing" could be written anymore, what does Bangs speculate?

3. What is the assessment of "Fun House" that Bangs makes after listening to the album the first and the second time?

4. What does Bangs explain to be the meaning of the band name, The Troggs, when he starts this section?

5. From whom does Kraftwerk say that they take their inspiration, according to their conversation with Bangs?

6. What does Jon Landau do in response to the way that Lester Bangs writes about music, according to the essay?

7. What does Bangs believe about the show of David Bowie when he goes to promote it in his work?

8. What are the reactions that Lester Bangs has in reaction to the album he buys from the band, Count Five?

9. What does Bangs believe is the benefit of not knowing how to play an instrument, as he notes the Stooges were unable to do at first?

10. What does Bangs have to say about the idea of good taste, especially when it comes to old movies and to music?

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