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

2. Bangs states that on the previous New Year's Eve he met _____ different women and did not have sex with any of them.
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

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

4. Bangs reviewed the group Sham 69, a British punk band whose fans were known to be ______.
(a) Racists.
(b) Hippies.
(c) Liberals.
(d) Violent.

5. Bangs states that Laughner's doctors told him to quit using drugs but he continued to use to imitate ______.
(a) Lou Reed.
(b) Elvis.
(c) David Bowie.
(d) Iggy Pop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Part of the woman's tactics to get the young man to leave includes ______.

2. Bangs feels that Richard Hell's style of _____ rock is important because he still feels things in a world where most don't.

3. During their interview, Hell describes to Bangs the importance of self-hatred and ______ in music.

4. Ivan Julian, the rhythm guitar player for the _______ is one of the few black musicians in the punk scene.

5. In their interview about the new album, Lou Reed tells Bangs that he thinks it is the best work he has done but it should have been released with a _______.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bangs say about the book "Lost Highway" and how it is marked?

2. What does Bangs tell readers to read when they decide they want to read something?

3. What are the opinions of the Lou Reed album, "How to Succeed in Torture Without Really Trying," including Bangs' opinion?

4. What happens when a person buys the fictitious Rolling Stones album that Bangs describes in this section?

5. What do the man and the woman realize about themselves and about the things they share in common?

6. What does Bangs say is the most important ways in which Lou Reed is unique?

7. What does Bangs say about his times with Laughner when he decides to write about him?

8. What does Bangs conclude about the performances of Pop when he sees the show at the beginning of this chapter?

9. What is it about Hell's music that disturbs Bangs, according to the way he writes about the music?

10. What does the woman begin to realize about the man as their relationship continues on?

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