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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. Bangs describes "Lost Highway" as being marked by a certain cultural ______, especially when it comes to race.
(a) Depression.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Mania.
(d) Schizophrenia.

2. In his review of Peter Guralinick's book, Bangs suggests that all the characters in the book were destroyed by their ______.
(a) Alcohol problems.
(b) Addiction to sex.
(c) Drug problems.
(d) Dreams.

3. 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) Cardboard.
(c) Scrap metal.
(d) Crap.

4. Bangs reviewed a recent performance of Iggy Pop at the Palladium and suggested that his physical performance hints at his ______.
(a) Isolation.
(b) Acrobatic skills.
(c) Depression.
(d) Martial arts training.

5. In reviewing Barry White's new album, Bangs states that White has found yet another way to sing about _____.
(a) Love.
(b) The Earth.
(c) Politics.
(d) Hate.

Short Answer Questions

1. The article "My Night of Ecstasy With the J. Geils Band" talks about Bangs and the staff of ______ trying to figure out how to cover the J. Geils show.

2. In the essay "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-up ______", Bangs complains that television stations do not play enough horror films.

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

4. Bangs describes the experience of the couple as being ______.

5. Bangs begins the essay "Do the Godz Speak Esperanto" by discussing ______ records which he believes is the most underground record label in the country.

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