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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. Lester Bangs compares listening to amazing albums like those produced by Count Five as being similar to a first ______.
(a) Orgasm.
(b) Bike ride.
(c) Time using drugs.
(d) Girlfriend.

2. In "Black _____ Arkansas: Keep the Faith", Bangs admits that he like the band's album when he first heard it.
(a) Maple.
(b) Hickory.
(c) Molasses.
(d) Oak.

3. The old man tells his grandchildren that by the end of the 1960s, the Yardbirds had transformed into the band ______.
(a) Fleetwood Mac.
(b) Pink Floyd.
(c) Rolling Stones.
(d) Led Zeppelin.

4. The Yardbirds were a British Band that launched the musical careers of all of the following guitarists except ______.
(a) Jimmy Page.
(b) Jeff Beck.
(c) Neil Young.
(d) Eric Clapton.

5. The essay titled "____ Witch" recommends the album because the band are all sexually frustrated "dorks".
(a) Green.
(b) Purple.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs concludes the essay by suggesting that ______ are making jokes to their listeners that play off all of their darkest fears and fantasies.

2. The worst examples of bands that treat their fans poorly Bangs refers to as ______, with James Taylor as the lead person in the group.

3. Bangs then reviews James Taylor's album called "_____ Man Dog" and surprisingly defends the album.

4. Bangs describes another band, _____, that was able to step into using a freestyle approach partly due to the fact that barely knew how to play their instruments.

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

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