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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. 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) Eighty.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Ninety.

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

3. Although the essay begins by talking about the _______, the narrator changes the subject to a group called Count Five.
(a) Misfits.
(b) Yardbirds.
(c) Led Zeppelin.
(d) Rolling Stones.

4. In "Chicago at Carnegie Hall, Volumes I,II, III, & IV", Bangs mocks the album as being better as pieces of _____ than a work of music.
(a) Crap.
(b) Plastic.
(c) Scrap metal.
(d) Cardboard.

5. Bands describes some of his adolescent ______ exploits as a form of tribute to the power of the Troggs' music.
(a) Activist.
(b) Political.
(c) Environmental.
(d) Sexual.

Short Answer Questions

1. In writing about the value of old horror movies, Bangs suggests that _____ is just a restriction mean to keep people from enjoying themselves.

2. The Yardbirds were a British Band that launched the musical careers of all of the following guitarists except ______.

3. Other critics said of Iggy Pop and the band that the stage show was juvenile and they were musically ______.

4. When Bangs takes the instrument home with him and attempts to play it, a dispute with ______ erupts.

5. Bangs also claims that the Troggs got their name from a group of ______ youth who were living in caves at the time of the band's formation.

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