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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 suggests that the song called ______ by the Troggs is about a countdown towards sexual penetration.
(a) 8675309.
(b) Wild Thing.
(c) 66-5-4-3-2-1.
(d) I Just Sing.

2. Rock crowds had become convinced that bands were supposed to be objects of ______.
(a) Disgust.
(b) Worship.
(c) Sexual fantasy.
(d) Comedy.

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

4. 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.

5. Bangs suggests that the genre of rock and roll is naturally ______ and thus musical illiteracy is consistent with rock and roll.
(a) Adolescent.
(b) Childish.
(c) Adult.
(d) Babyish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lester Bangs compares listening to amazing albums like those produced by Count Five as being similar to a first ______.

2. Bangs argues that _____ 's antics helped to break down the wall between the musician and the listener.

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

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

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

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