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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Slaying the Father.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rock crowds had become convinced that bands were supposed to be objects of ______.
(a) Disgust.
(b) Comedy.
(c) Sexual fantasy.
(d) Worship.

2. Bangs concludes his review of Barry White by comparing White's songs to ______.
(a) Joy.
(b) Love.
(c) Incest.
(d) Rape.

3. Bangs argues that in order to make rock and roll good again, musicians have to stop trying to respect ______ styles.
(a) Jazz.
(b) Younger.
(c) Older.
(d) Blues.

4. The essay "James Taylor Marked for Death" begins with a discussion about the British band called ______.
(a) The Stooges.
(b) The Animals.
(c) The Troggs.
(d) The Fugs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Clark believes that _____ rock, which Bangs refers to as fag-rock, is mostly just to shock people.

2. In the second section of the essay, Bangs suggests that some bands turned from simplistic rock into arty bands, including all of the following except ______.

3. Bangs asserts that the live music sounds similar to the studio music except there are long and pointless ______.

4. Bangs praises the song ______ because he believes it reflects a democratic sexual relationship where the man is concerned with giving the woman an orgasm.

5. Clark believes that the current generation are very ______ despite their claims towards originality.

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