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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 suggests that the music of ______ was a natural reaction to the chaos of the late 1960s.
(a) The Black Crows.
(b) The Yardbirds.
(c) The Animals.
(d) The Stooges.

2. The essay titled "____ Witch" recommends the album because the band are all sexually frustrated "dorks".
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) White.
(d) Purple.

3. Ivan Julian, the rhythm guitar player for the _______ is one of the few black musicians in the punk scene.
(a) Sham 69.
(b) Voodoos.
(c) Voidoids.
(d) Vincebus Eruptum.

4. Bangs believes that David Bowie's concert performance was an attempt to appropriate ______ culture.
(a) Indigenous.
(b) Asian.
(c) Black.
(d) Latino.

5. In his essay, Bangs accuses Seger of ______ because his music is not much different than others.
(a) Stealing.
(b) Selling out.
(c) Laziness.
(d) Plagiarism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bangs claims that Count Five released a total of ______ albums and goes on to explain the merits of each.

3. Bangs praises the song ______ because he believes it reflects a democratic sexual relationship where the man is concerned with giving the woman an orgasm.

4. Bangs suggests that Reed's latest album was inspired by _______, which Bangs jokes could solve all the worlds problems.

5. The band known as the Troggs derived their name from the word ______ which means "cavemen".

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