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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 concludes the article by suggesting that "Metal Machine Music" is the most ______ album Reed has made.
(a) Industrial.
(b) Innovative.
(c) Masculine.
(d) Feminine.

2. ______ is the singer of the Velvet Underground, the band that Bangs suggested was able to use a free style method.
(a) Lou Reed.
(b) Mick Jagger.
(c) Bob Dylan.
(d) Iggy Pop.

3. 1976 saw the advent of _____ rock and people starting buying albums again.
(a) Pop.
(b) Glam.
(c) Bubblegum.
(d) Punk.

4. Bangs believes that the album "Metal Machine Music" is the ultimate evolution of using _______.
(a) Machines.
(b) Feedback.
(c) Acoustic instruments.
(d) High frequencies.

5. Bangs hears the album ______ at a dinner party and it leads to him and others harassing people at a Masons function.
(a) Station to Station.
(b) Sladest.
(c) Kraftwerk.
(d) Slade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs praises _______ for creating music with the Velvet Underground that was physically and mentally stimulating.

2. Bangs asserts that the live music sounds similar to the studio music except there are long and pointless ______.

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

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

5. Bangs considers horror movies to be the equivalent of ______ movies and writes a fake L.A. times article detailing an uprising against the television stations.

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