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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During his essay on Sham 69, Bangs attempts to emulate their style in his writing and ends every sentence with _______.
(a) An ellipses.
(b) An exclamation point.
(c) A question mark.
(d) A period.

2. Bangs recounts an episode in which he experienced a great deal of _______ going to the convenience store.
(a) Fear.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Depression.
(d) Joy.

3. Bangs himself died of drug related causes about _____ years after the essay about Laughner was written.
(a) Ten.
(b) Four.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

4. Bangs argues that in order to make rock and roll good again, musicians have to stop trying to respect ______ styles.
(a) Younger.
(b) Blues.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Older.

5. Guralinick tries to justify Phillips' switch to almost entirely ______ musicians after recording Elvis Presley.
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Indian.
(d) Mexican.

Short Answer Questions

1. Van Morrison's second album was released in _____ and Bangs reports that it became a source of hope for him.

2. At the conclusion of the interview, Bangs decides that he has changed his opinion of Reed and that he is a _______.

3. The essay "Johnny Ray's Better _______" is a review of a David Bowie concert.

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. The old man also tells his grandchildren that _____ was assassinated at a show in 1973 - two years after the article was written.

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