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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Bangs believes that the Godz third album ________ is a complete descent into acid-rock cliches.
(a) The Final Testament.
(b) The Third Eye.
(c) The Old Testament.
(d) The Third Testament.

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

4. The opening acts for David Bowie's concert included such names as Ava Cherrt and _______.
(a) Art Tatum.
(b) Stevie Wonder.
(c) Herbie Hancock.
(d) Luther Vandross.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator agonizes over buying Count Five's record _____ because it is mediocre but he eventually comes to love it.

2. After becoming intoxicated, Bangs attends a _______ show at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City.

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

4. In the article "Jethro Tull in ______" Bangs describes how the band has managed to become popular without the benefit of a radio single.

5. Critic Jon Landau dismisses Bangs for his reviews and for his magazine _______ for giving similar albums positive reviews.

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