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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 reviewed the group Sham 69, a British punk band whose fans were known to be ______.
(a) Liberals.
(b) Violent.
(c) Hippies.
(d) Racists.

2. Bangs comes to like the song ______, which he first had dismissed as so much noise.
(a) T.V. Eye.
(b) Rolling Stone.
(c) L.A. Blues.
(d) Fun House.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs writes the latter half of his interview with Slade in an imitation of a _______ cockney accent.

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

3. Bangs argues that "Keep the Faith" could be used to make people immune from _____ torture and brainwashing.

4. Bangs admires the Troggs for making innocent _____ songs as well as incredibly sexual music.

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

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