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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Blowing It Up, Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Bangs describes another band, _____, that was able to step into using a freestyle approach partly due to the fact that barely knew how to play their instruments.
(a) Question Mark.
(b) The Mysterians.
(c) The Velvet Underground.
(d) The Stooges.

3. Bangs describes the fact that Iggy Pop transitioned from an imitation of______ on the last album to a more refined and unique form.
(a) Paul McCartney.
(b) Lou Reed.
(c) Mick Jagger.
(d) Robert Plant.

4. In the second section of the essay, Bangs suggests that some bands turned from simplistic rock into arty bands, including all of the following except ______.
(a) Question Mark.
(b) Led Zeppelin.
(c) The Yardbirds.
(d) The Mysterians.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. Bangs bemoans the turn popular music took towards _______ and politics in the late '60s, preferring instead the earlier sounds of the decade.

3. Bangs feels that Morrison has a unique talent to take a simple phrase and repeat it until it becomes something ______.

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

5. Bangs argues that _____ 's antics helped to break down the wall between the musician and the listener.

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