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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 Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Bangs states that Laughner's doctors told him to quit using drugs but he continued to use to imitate ______.
(a) Iggy Pop.
(b) Elvis.
(c) David Bowie.
(d) Lou Reed.

3. Bangs is using a deception because none of these other Count Five albums existed, and he was comparing himself to a ______ critic.
(a) Creem.
(b) Astral Weeks.
(c) L.A. Blues.
(d) Rolling Stone.

4. Lester Bangs compares listening to amazing albums like those produced by Count Five as being similar to a first ______.
(a) Orgasm.
(b) Time using drugs.
(c) Bike ride.
(d) Girlfriend.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs feels that Richard Hell's style of _____ rock is important because he still feels things in a world where most don't.

2. In reviewing Barry White's new album, Bangs states that White has found yet another way to sing about _____.

3. Bangs suggests in "Kraftwerkfeature" that the natural progression of rock and roll is to turn over to ________.

4. In the essay "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-up ______", Bangs complains that television stations do not play enough horror films.

5. Bangs reviewed a recent performance of Iggy Pop at the Palladium and suggested that his physical performance hints at his ______.

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