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

2. Bangs begins the essay "John Coltrane Lives" by describing a recent practice session with his band and discovering a _______ in the apartment, reminding him of Coltrane.
(a) Bass.
(b) Trumpet.
(c) Saxophone.
(d) Piano.

3. Bangs suggests that in America, ______ was often one of the only things that ever united the races.
(a) Music.
(b) Education.
(c) Painting.
(d) Politics.

4. In the essay "Notes on Pil's Metal Box", Bangs wonders if Johnny ______'s music is just juvenile nastiness.
(a) Rotten.
(b) Two-tone.
(c) Appleseed.
(d) Terrible.

5. Bangs suggests that the music of ______ was a natural reaction to the chaos of the late 1960s.
(a) The Animals.
(b) The Yardbirds.
(c) The Stooges.
(d) The Black Crows.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the essay "Let Us Now Praise Famous Death Dwarves", Bangs lists ways that ______ is unique, including the fact that he is willing to interview with Bangs again.

2. When Bangs takes the instrument home with him and attempts to play it, a dispute with ______ erupts.

3. Bangs finds the lyrics on Jethro Tull's new album "Thick as a _____" to be self -righteous.

4. Bangs believes that Laughner bought into a rock culture that celebrates ______, and Bangs subsequently denounces that culture.

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

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