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

2. 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) Give it to Me.
(b) Wild Thing.
(c) I Just Sing.
(d) T.V. Eye.

3. Bangs believes that the Godz third album ________ is a complete descent into acid-rock cliches.
(a) The Third Testament.
(b) The Third Eye.
(c) The Old Testament.
(d) The Final Testament.

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

5. Bangs suggests that once groups reach stardom they begin to treat their fans with ______.
(a) Contempt.
(b) Integrity.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Disregard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs begins the essay "John Coltrane Lives" by describing a recent practice session with his band and discovering a _______ in the apartment, reminding him of Coltrane.

2. Bangs bemoans the turn popular music took towards _______ and politics in the late '60s, preferring instead the earlier sounds of the decade.

3. Bangs suggests that _____ is a dangerous thing because it makes people vulnerable to the universal pain of life.

4. In "Black _____ Arkansas: Keep the Faith", Bangs admits that he like the band's album when he first heard it.

5. The narrator agonizes over buying Count Five's record _____ because it is mediocre but he eventually comes to love it.

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