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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The Mysterians.
(b) Question Mark.
(c) The Yardbirds.
(d) Led Zeppelin.

2. Bangs admires the Troggs for making innocent _____ songs as well as incredibly sexual music.
(a) Political.
(b) Love.
(c) Polemic.
(d) Sophisticated.

3. Bangs praises the song ______ because he believes it reflects a democratic sexual relationship where the man is concerned with giving the woman an orgasm.
(a) Wild Thing.
(b) Give it to Me.
(c) I Just Sing.
(d) T.V. Eye.

4. In Bangs' review of the Stooges second album, he talks about the "relentlessly driving" _____, which is in the first half of the album.
(a) Fun House.
(b) Rolling Stone.
(c) L.A. Blues.
(d) T.V. Eye.

5. ______ is the singer of the Velvet Underground, the band that Bangs suggested was able to use a free style method.
(a) Iggy Pop.
(b) Bob Dylan.
(c) Lou Reed.
(d) Mick Jagger.

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. The old man tells his grandchildren that by the end of the 1960s, the Yardbirds had transformed into the band ______.

3. The narrator begins the story by talking about how great the music was in the year ______, particularly the Yardbirds.

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

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

(see the answer key)

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