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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) T.V. Eye.
(c) I Just Sing.
(d) Wild Thing.

2. Bangs goes on to review the second album that the Stooges put out called _____ . Bangs admits that the first time he heard the album it sounded like nothing but noise.
(a) Fun House.
(b) L.A. Blues.
(c) Wild Thing.
(d) T.V. Eye.

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 Black Crows.
(b) The Yardbirds.
(c) The Animals.
(d) The Stooges.

4. During the interview with J. Geils, the band invites Bangs to write ______ as they play an encore.
(a) In the front row.
(b) On stage.
(c) Backstage.
(d) On a guitar.

5. The narrator agonizes over buying Count Five's record _____ because it is mediocre but he eventually comes to love it.
(a) Carburetor Dung.
(b) Bangs.
(c) Psychotic Reaction.
(d) Physical Graffiti.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lester Bangs refers to Count Five's album ______ as being their grungiest, and describes the reaction of other critics.

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

3. Bangs spends almost half of the review of the album talking about the song ______, which Bangs believes is about a transsexual man.

4. Bangs asserts that "the Guess Who is God" in his essay "The Guess Who: Live at the _____".

5. Bangs begins the essay "Do the Godz Speak Esperanto" by discussing ______ records which he believes is the most underground record label in the country.

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