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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 "Of Pop and Pies and Fun", Bangs defends the band that is known as the _______, in particular front man Iggy Pop.
(a) The Animals.
(b) The Black Crows.
(c) The Yardbirds.
(d) The Stooges.

2. The narrator agonizes over buying Count Five's record _____ because it is mediocre but he eventually comes to love it.
(a) Physical Graffiti.
(b) Carburetor Dung.
(c) Bangs.
(d) Psychotic Reaction.

3. Bangs is using a deception because none of these other Count Five albums existed, and he was comparing himself to a ______ critic.
(a) Creem.
(b) Rolling Stone.
(c) L.A. Blues.
(d) Astral Weeks.

4. Bangs purchases a record by _______ and he says it is so bad that "it gets stars for lousiness".
(a) The Heroz.
(b) The Starz.
(c) The Legendz.
(d) The Godz.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Bangs describes another band, _____, that was able to step into using a freestyle approach partly due to the fact that barely knew how to play their instruments.

4. Bangs begins the essay "Do the Godz Speak Esperanto" by discussing ______ records which he believes is the most underground record label in the country.

5. Bangs had written earlier about the Troggs and suggested that they were a ______ band.

(see the answer key)

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