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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 begins the essay "Do the Godz Speak Esperanto" by discussing ______ records which he believes is the most underground record label in the country.
(a) ESP.
(b) RCA.
(c) IBM.
(d) Columbia.

2. Bangs suggests that "Metal Machine Music" could also be used as a deterrent for _______.
(a) Cats.
(b) Stray dogs.
(c) Landlords.
(d) Relatives.

3. The band known as the Troggs were responsible for the smash hit ______.
(a) Marked for Death.
(b) T.V. Eye.
(c) Wild Thing.
(d) L.A. Blues.

4. In "Chicago at Carnegie Hall, Volumes I,II, III, & IV", Bangs mocks the album as being better as pieces of _____ than a work of music.
(a) Plastic.
(b) Scrap metal.
(c) Cardboard.
(d) Crap.

5. Bangs argues that _____ 's antics helped to break down the wall between the musician and the listener.
(a) Eric Clapton.
(b) Iggy Pop.
(c) Jimmy Page.
(d) Alice Cooper.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bangs suggests that the music of ______ was a natural reaction to the chaos of the late 1960s.

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

4. Bangs also claims that the Troggs got their name from a group of ______ youth who were living in caves at the time of the band's formation.

5. Bangs feels that Morrison has a unique talent to take a simple phrase and repeat it until it becomes something ______.

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