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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 believes that the Godz third album ________ is a complete descent into acid-rock cliches.
(a) The Final Testament.
(b) The Third Testament.
(c) The Old Testament.
(d) The Third Eye.

2. The essay "James Taylor Marked for Death" begins with a discussion about the British band called ______.
(a) The Fugs.
(b) The Troggs.
(c) The Stooges.
(d) The Animals.

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

4. 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) Wild Thing.
(b) T.V. Eye.
(c) I Just Sing.
(d) Give it to Me.

5. Bangs describes the fact that Iggy Pop transitioned from an imitation of______ on the last album to a more refined and unique form.
(a) Mick Jagger.
(b) Robert Plant.
(c) Paul McCartney.
(d) Lou Reed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs suggested that rock bands had become pretentious and therefore deserved to get pied in the face like ______.

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

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

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

5. Bangs suggests that _____ is a dangerous thing because it makes people vulnerable to the universal pain of life.

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