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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Creemwork—Frauds, Failures, and Fantasies Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bangs felt that the Baby Boomer generation was ______, believing their every act was of great importance.
(a) Philanthropic.
(b) Narcissistic.
(c) Antisocial.
(d) Chauvinistic.

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 considers horror movies to be the equivalent of ______ movies and writes a fake L.A. times article detailing an uprising against the television stations.
(a) Blues.
(b) Rock and Roll.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Classical.

4. Bangs asserts that the live music sounds similar to the studio music except there are long and pointless ______.
(a) Solos.
(b) Pauses.
(c) Introductions to each song.
(d) Crowd singing sections.

5. The narrator of the story Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung is a ______ year old man explaining rock and roll history to his grandchildren.
(a) Seventy.
(b) Ninety.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Sixty.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Of Pop and Pies and Fun", Bangs defends the band that is known as the _______, in particular front man Iggy Pop.

2. The ______ seize the television stations and play all manner of different content, and one station in LA tries to play every movie ever made.

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

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

5. The essay "James Taylor Marked for Death" begins with a discussion about the British band called ______.

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