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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. The second essay in the book is a review of Van Morrison's second album called _______.
(a) Madame George.
(b) T.V. Eye.
(c) Velvet Underground.
(d) Astral Weeks.

2. Bangs is using a deception because none of these other Count Five albums existed, and he was comparing himself to a ______ critic.
(a) L.A. Blues.
(b) Astral Weeks.
(c) Rolling Stone.
(d) Creem.

3. Bangs bemoans the turn popular music took towards _______ and politics in the late '60s, preferring instead the earlier sounds of the decade.
(a) Lasciviousness.
(b) Spirituality.
(c) Thought.
(d) Sexuality.

4. Bangs argues that _____ 's antics helped to break down the wall between the musician and the listener.
(a) Iggy Pop.
(b) Jimmy Page.
(c) Alice Cooper.
(d) Eric Clapton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator of the story Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung is a ______ year old man explaining rock and roll history to his grandchildren.

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

3. One group that Bangs felt did use a more freestyle approach was ________, but they were among the few.

4. Bangs concludes the essay by suggesting that ______ are making jokes to their listeners that play off all of their darkest fears and fantasies.

5. 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 ______.

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