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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. In the essay "I Saw God and/or Tangerine Dream", Bangs decides to get intoxicated on _______.
(a) Opium.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Cough syrup.

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

3. The excerpt from "Maggie May" is a fictional piece that was inspired by the song written by ______.
(a) John Lennon.
(b) Eric Clapton.
(c) Rod Stewart.
(d) Elvis Presley.

4. In the essay "Notes on Pil's Metal Box", Bangs wonders if Johnny ______'s music is just juvenile nastiness.
(a) Two-tone.
(b) Appleseed.
(c) Terrible.
(d) Rotten.

5. The couple returns to the man's apartment and they have ______.
(a) Tea.
(b) Passionate sex.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Wine by the fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first excerpt from "Untitled Notes", Bangs purchases a non-existent _______ album called "Sucking It in the Seventies".

2. Bangs asserts that Reed's music is about ______, which Reed denies. They also get into an argument about stimulants.

3. Bangs begins his interview with Lou Reed by having an argument with him even though he is Bangs' ______.

4. Bangs concludes the article suggesting that everyone likes Lou Reed's ______ music.

5. In his essay on New Year's Eve, Bangs recounts the last ______ that he has experienced.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Bangs do in order to go see the Tangerine Dream laser show at Avery Fisher Hall in New York?

4. Why does Bangs believe Richard Hell's style of punk rock is necessary in the world?

5. Why does Hell believe that self-hatred is important, according to the way that Bangs writes about him?

6. What does Bangs reveal that he and his friends hate doing, when he is writing in the first part of this section?

7. What happens between the man and the woman in the opening part of this section that causes her to kick him out?

8. Why does Bangs want to have sex with death all around him, according to one of his essays?

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

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

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