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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 his write up of the song _____, Bangs fantasizes about the lead singer, Reg Presley, living out the lyrics.
(a) Wild Thing.
(b) I Just Sing.
(c) 66-5-4-3-2-1.
(d) Fugs.

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. In "Of Pop and Pies and Fun", Bangs defends the band that is known as the _______, in particular front man Iggy Pop.
(a) The Stooges.
(b) The Yardbirds.
(c) The Black Crows.
(d) The Animals.

4. According to Bangs, groups should have resisted the urge to become arty and developed the free style used by _____ musicians.
(a) Blues.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Classical.
(d) Rock.

5. Lester Bangs refers to Count Five's album ______ as being their grungiest, and describes the reaction of other critics.
(a) Physical Graffiti.
(b) Carburetor Dung.
(c) Psychotic Reaction.
(d) Bangs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs comes to like the song ______, which he first had dismissed as so much noise.

2. In Bangs' review of the Stooges second album, he talks about the "relentlessly driving" _____, which is in the first half of the album.

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

4. Bangs suggests that the genre of rock and roll is naturally ______ and thus musical illiteracy is consistent with rock and roll.

5. The band known as the Troggs derived their name from the word ______ which means "cavemen".

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