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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Unpublishable Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In reviewing Barry White's new album, Bangs states that White has found yet another way to sing about _____.
(a) The Earth.
(b) Hate.
(c) Love.
(d) Politics.

3. The article "My Night of Ecstasy With the J. Geils Band" talks about Bangs and the staff of ______ trying to figure out how to cover the J. Geils show.
(a) Heavy Metal.
(b) The Rolling Stone.
(c) Creem.
(d) The Cream.

4. Lester Bangs compares listening to amazing albums like those produced by Count Five as being similar to a first ______.
(a) Time using drugs.
(b) Orgasm.
(c) Bike ride.
(d) Girlfriend.

5. Bangs believes that Laughner bought into a rock culture that celebrates ______, and Bangs subsequently denounces that culture.
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Death.
(c) Infidelity.
(d) Drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs rejects the idea that punk is _____ because some bands used symbols like swastikas. He felt that it was mainly for shock value.

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 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.

4. Bangs describes the fact that Iggy Pop transitioned from an imitation of______ on the last album to a more refined and unique form.

5. Bangs feels that Richard Hell's style of _____ rock is important because he still feels things in a world where most don't.

(see the answer key)

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