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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. Other critics said of Iggy Pop and the band that the stage show was juvenile and they were musically ______.
(a) Complicated.
(b) Simplistic.
(c) Visionary.
(d) Talented.

2. The narrator begins the story by talking about how great the music was in the year ______, particularly the Yardbirds.
(a) 1970.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1969.

3. Van Morrison's second album was released in _____ and Bangs reports that it became a source of hope for him.
(a) 1978.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1963.

4. Bangs argues that _____ 's antics helped to break down the wall between the musician and the listener.
(a) Jimmy Page.
(b) Eric Clapton.
(c) Iggy Pop.
(d) Alice Cooper.

5. Although the essay begins by talking about the _______, the narrator changes the subject to a group called Count Five.
(a) Misfits.
(b) Yardbirds.
(c) Rolling Stones.
(d) Led Zeppelin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs suggests that the music of ______ was a natural reaction to the chaos of the late 1960s.

2. In his writing, Bangs fantasizes about murdering ______ because he is so self-absorbed.

3. Bangs suggested that rock bands had become pretentious and therefore deserved to get pied in the face like ______.

4. The old man also tells his grandchildren that _____ was assassinated at a show in 1973 - two years after the article was written.

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.

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