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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bangs asserts that the live music sounds similar to the studio music except there are long and pointless ______.
(a) Introductions to each song.
(b) Pauses.
(c) Solos.
(d) Crowd singing sections.

2. Bangs discusses Lou Reed's new album called "Metal Machine Music", which is all ______ music.
(a) Jazz.
(b) Noise.
(c) Acoustic.
(d) Classical.

3. The essay "The Greatest Album Ever Made" is a list of _______ different reasons Bangs likes "Metal Machine Music".
(a) Ten.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) One hundered.

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

5. In the essay "How to Succeed at _______ Without Really Trying", Bangs claims that he is not still fighting with Lou Reed.
(a) Business.
(b) Relationships.
(c) Torture.
(d) Gambling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs suggests that the genre of rock and roll is naturally ______ and thus musical illiteracy is consistent with rock and roll.

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

3. Bangs felt that the Baby Boomer generation was ______, believing their every act was of great importance.

4. The band known as the Troggs were responsible for the smash hit ______.

5. Bangs comes to like the song ______, which he first had dismissed as so much noise.

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