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

2. Bangs purchases a record by _______ and he says it is so bad that "it gets stars for lousiness".
(a) The Legendz.
(b) The Godz.
(c) The Starz.
(d) The Heroz.

3. Dick Clark tells Bangs that he will be around for a long time precisely because he promotes ______ music.
(a) Glam.
(b) Popular.
(c) Good.
(d) Bad.

4. Although the essay begins by talking about the _______, the narrator changes the subject to a group called Count Five.
(a) Led Zeppelin.
(b) Misfits.
(c) Yardbirds.
(d) Rolling Stones.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The old man tells his grandchildren that by the end of the 1960s, the Yardbirds had transformed into the band ______.

2. In his write up of the song _____, Bangs fantasizes about the lead singer, Reg Presley, living out the lyrics.

3. During the interview with Lou Reed, Bangs suggests that _______ imitates Lou Reed.

4. Bangs believes that Laughner bought into a rock culture that celebrates ______, and Bangs subsequently denounces that culture.

5. Lester Bangs refers to Count Five's album ______ as being their grungiest, and describes the reaction of other critics.

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