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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. 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) Crap.
(d) Cardboard.

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

3. Bangs begins his interview with Lou Reed by having an argument with him even though he is Bangs' ______.
(a) Nemesis.
(b) Brother.
(c) Enemy.
(d) Hero.

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

5. In the essay "The White Noise Supremacists", Bangs tackles the subject of ______ in punk music.
(a) Racism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Politicism.
(d) Sexism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the essay "Screwing the System With Dick Clark", Bangs describes his meeting with Dick Clark, host of _______.

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

3. Bangs asserts that Reed's music is about ______, which Reed denies. They also get into an argument about stimulants.

4. Although the essay begins by talking about the _______, the narrator changes the subject to a group called Count Five.

5. Bangs comes to like the song ______, which he first had dismissed as so much noise.

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