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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 reviews a concert he attended by Barrie White and states that he came away from the performance _______.
(a) Ecstatic.
(b) Delirious.
(c) Disgusted.
(d) Bored.

2. One group that Bangs felt did use a more freestyle approach was ________, but they were among the few.
(a) The Mysterians.
(b) Led Zeppelin.
(c) The Velvet Underground.
(d) Question Mark.

3. The article "My Night of Ecstasy With the J. Geils Band" talks about Bangs and the staff of ______ trying to figure out how to cover the J. Geils show.
(a) Creem.
(b) Heavy Metal.
(c) The Cream.
(d) The Rolling Stone.

4. The ______ seize the television stations and play all manner of different content, and one station in LA tries to play every movie ever made.
(a) Ladies.
(b) Rebels.
(c) Musicians.
(d) Jets.

5. Bangs suggests in "Kraftwerkfeature" that the natural progression of rock and roll is to turn over to ________.
(a) Drums.
(b) Acoustic.
(c) Animals.
(d) Machines.

Short Answer Questions

1. 1976 saw the advent of _____ rock and people starting buying albums again.

2. In Bangs' review of the Stooges second album, he talks about the "relentlessly driving" _____, which is in the first half of the album.

3. Critic Jon Landau dismisses Bangs for his reviews and for his magazine _______ for giving similar albums positive reviews.

4. Bangs believes that David Bowie's concert performance was an attempt to appropriate ______ culture.

5. Bangs purchases a record by _______ and he says it is so bad that "it gets stars for lousiness".

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