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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Slaying the Children, Burying the Dead, Signs of Life Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bangs argues that "Keep the Faith" could be used to make people immune from _____ torture and brainwashing.
(a) Socialist.
(b) Republican.
(c) Neo-nazi.
(d) Communist.

2. In his article, Bangs contends that Elvis' main contribution to rock and roll music was his ______.
(a) Southern style.
(b) Sexual energy.
(c) Sense of rhythm.
(d) Use of blues music.

3. Bangs suggested that rock bands had become pretentious and therefore deserved to get pied in the face like ______.
(a) Alice Cooper.
(b) Eric Clapton.
(c) Iggy Pop.
(d) Jimmy Page.

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

5. Bangs concludes the article suggesting that everyone likes Lou Reed's ______ music.
(a) Wonderful.
(b) Hypnotic.
(c) Inspired.
(d) Terrible.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the confrontation escalates, Bangs is arrested by a tenant in the building and charged with _____.

2. 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.

3. Bangs suggests that the music of ______ was a natural reaction to the chaos of the late 1960s.

4. Bangs tells Reed during their interview that "Metal Machine Music" is authentic and calls it a _______ career move.

5. The narrator of the story Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung is a ______ year old man explaining rock and roll history to his grandchildren.

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