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

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

3. In his write up of the song _____, Bangs fantasizes about the lead singer, Reg Presley, living out the lyrics.
(a) 66-5-4-3-2-1.
(b) I Just Sing.
(c) Fugs.
(d) Wild Thing.

4. Bangs goes on to review the second album that the Stooges put out called _____ . Bangs admits that the first time he heard the album it sounded like nothing but noise.
(a) L.A. Blues.
(b) Wild Thing.
(c) Fun House.
(d) T.V. Eye.

5. The narrator of the story Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung is a ______ year old man explaining rock and roll history to his grandchildren.
(a) Sixty.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Ninety.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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 claims that Count Five released a total of ______ albums and goes on to explain the merits of each.

(see the answer key)

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