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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. Bangs begins the essay "Do the Godz Speak Esperanto" by discussing ______ records which he believes is the most underground record label in the country.
(a) Columbia.
(b) RCA.
(c) IBM.
(d) ESP.

2. Bangs describes the fact that Iggy Pop transitioned from an imitation of______ on the last album to a more refined and unique form.
(a) Robert Plant.
(b) Lou Reed.
(c) Mick Jagger.
(d) Paul McCartney.

3. Bangs suggests that the music of ______ was a natural reaction to the chaos of the late 1960s.
(a) The Stooges.
(b) The Animals.
(c) The Yardbirds.
(d) The Black Crows.

4. Bangs suggests that _____ is a dangerous thing because it makes people vulnerable to the universal pain of life.
(a) Poetry.
(b) Music.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Love.

5. 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.
(a) Irish.
(b) American.
(c) British.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Of Pop and Pies and Fun", Bangs defends the band that is known as the _______, in particular front man Iggy Pop.

2. Bangs purchases a record by _______ and he says it is so bad that "it gets stars for lousiness".

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

4. In Bangs' review of the Stooges second album, he talks about the "relentlessly driving" _____, which is in the first half of the album.

5. Bangs argues that in order to make rock and roll good again, musicians have to stop trying to respect ______ styles.

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