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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. The essay "James Taylor Marked for Death" begins with a discussion about the British band called ______.
(a) The Stooges.
(b) The Fugs.
(c) The Troggs.
(d) The Animals.

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

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

4. The band known as the Troggs derived their name from the word ______ which means "cavemen".
(a) Troggers.
(b) Trogopithecus.
(c) Troglodyte.
(d) Trogosphere.

5. One group that Bangs felt did use a more freestyle approach was ________, but they were among the few.
(a) The Velvet Underground.
(b) Question Mark.
(c) The Mysterians.
(d) Led Zeppelin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although the essay begins by talking about the _______, the narrator changes the subject to a group called Count Five.

2. Bangs concludes the essay by suggesting that ______ are making jokes to their listeners that play off all of their darkest fears and fantasies.

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

4. The song _______ is listed on the first half of the Stooges second album which Bangs describes as the better half of the album.

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

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