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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 suggests that "Metal Machine Music" has curative properties and may be useful in treating ______.
(a) Headaches.
(b) Colds.
(c) Fevers.
(d) Hangovers.

2. In "Of Pop and Pies and Fun", Bangs defends the band that is known as the _______, in particular front man Iggy Pop.
(a) The Animals.
(b) The Yardbirds.
(c) The Stooges.
(d) The Black Crows.

3. Bangs then reviews James Taylor's album called "_____ Man Dog" and surprisingly defends the album.
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

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

5. The old man also tells his grandchildren that _____ was assassinated at a show in 1973 - two years after the article was written.
(a) Jimmy Hendrix.
(b) Jimmy Page
(c) Eric Clapton.
(d) Jeff Beck.

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

3. 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.

4. The song _______ is listed on the first half of the Stooges second album which Bangs describes as the better half of the album.

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

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