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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 feels that Richard Hell's style of _____ rock is important because he still feels things in a world where most don't.
(a) Glam.
(b) Punk.
(c) Metal.
(d) Pop.

2. Bangs feels that Morrison has a unique talent to take a simple phrase and repeat it until it becomes something ______.
(a) Philosophical.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Political.
(d) Mystical.

3. Bangs suggests that the song called ______ by the Troggs is about a countdown towards sexual penetration.
(a) 8675309.
(b) I Just Sing.
(c) Wild Thing.
(d) 66-5-4-3-2-1.

4. Bangs concludes the essay by suggesting that ______ are making jokes to their listeners that play off all of their darkest fears and fantasies.
(a) Question Mark.
(b) The Rolling Stones.
(c) The Stooges.
(d) Led Zeppelin.

5. Bangs comes to like the song ______, which he first had dismissed as so much noise.
(a) T.V. Eye.
(b) L.A. Blues.
(c) Fun House.
(d) Rolling Stone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs describes an incident in ______ during a Stooges concert where Iggy Pop was beaten up by a biker.

2. Bangs reviews a concert he attended by Barrie White and states that he came away from the performance _______.

3. According to Hell, the ability of a person to remake himself is the message of the song ______.

4. The ______ seize the television stations and play all manner of different content, and one station in LA tries to play every movie ever made.

5. In his essay, Bangs accuses Seger of ______ because his music is not much different than others.

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