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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Unpublishable Part Two and Untitled.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Clark believes that the current generation are very ______ despite their claims towards originality.
(a) Non-conformist.
(b) Communist.
(c) Conformist.
(d) Antagonist.

2. In their interview about the new album, Lou Reed tells Bangs that he thinks it is the best work he has done but it should have been released with a _______.
(a) Warning.
(b) Disclaimer.
(c) Apology.
(d) Different company.

3. When Bangs takes the instrument home with him and attempts to play it, a dispute with ______ erupts.
(a) A neighbor.
(b) John Coltrane.
(c) The landlady.
(d) His girlfriend.

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

5. "Growing Up True is Hard to Do" is a review of Bob Seger's album ______.
(a) Stranger in Town.
(b) Blank Generation.
(c) New Year's Eve.
(d) L.A. Blues.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first excerpt from "Untitled Notes", Bangs purchases a non-existent _______ album called "Sucking It in the Seventies".

2. Bangs suggests that the song ______ forced listeners to go out and live life instead of just being passive.

3. The narrator agonizes over buying Count Five's record _____ because it is mediocre but he eventually comes to love it.

4. In the essay on Iggy Pop, Bangs wonders if his maniacal performances reveals a deep ______ in Pop and his audience.

5. In an excerpt from his review of Peter Guralinick's book, Bangs focused on Sam Phillips, the owner of _______.

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