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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Blowing It Up, Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his writing, Bangs fantasizes about murdering ______ because he is so self-absorbed.
(a) Elvis Presley.
(b) Bob Dylan.
(c) Reg Presley.
(d) James Taylor.

2. Lester Bangs compares listening to amazing albums like those produced by Count Five as being similar to a first ______.
(a) Girlfriend.
(b) Bike ride.
(c) Orgasm.
(d) Time using drugs.

3. Bangs suggests that the song ______ forced listeners to go out and live life instead of just being passive.
(a) Give it to me.
(b) T.V. Eye.
(c) Wild Thing.
(d) I Just Sing.

4. Bangs admires the Troggs for making innocent _____ songs as well as incredibly sexual music.
(a) Sophisticated.
(b) Polemic.
(c) Love.
(d) Political.

5. Bangs suggests that the genre of rock and roll is naturally ______ and thus musical illiteracy is consistent with rock and roll.
(a) Adolescent.
(b) Adult.
(c) Babyish.
(d) Childish.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Yardbirds were a British Band that launched the musical careers of all of the following guitarists except ______.

2. Bangs also claims that the Troggs got their name from a group of ______ youth who were living in caves at the time of the band's formation.

3. Bangs suggests that the song called ______ by the Troggs is about a countdown towards sexual penetration.

4. Bangs is using a deception because none of these other Count Five albums existed, and he was comparing himself to a ______ critic.

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

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