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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 was at first offended by the Guess Who's most famous song "______ Woman" but then realized that their willingness to offend the audience is what made them great.
(a) American.
(b) Russian.
(c) Irish.
(d) Scandinavian.

2. Bangs states in "All My Friends are Hermits" that he wants to have sex with this woman surrounded by ______.
(a) Life.
(b) Death.
(c) People.
(d) The jungle.

3. After becoming intoxicated, Bangs attends a _______ show at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City.
(a) Peter Laughner.
(b) Stooges.
(c) Tangerine Dream.
(d) Iggy Pop.

4. Bangs suggests that "Metal Machine Music" has curative properties and may be useful in treating ______.
(a) Hangovers.
(b) Headaches.
(c) Fevers.
(d) Colds.

5. According to Bangs, groups should have resisted the urge to become arty and developed the free style used by _____ musicians.
(a) Jazz.
(b) Rock.
(c) Blues.
(d) Classical.

Short Answer Questions

1. In an excerpt from "The Scorn Papers", Bangs takes issue with The Village Eye, which credited Richard Hell and John Holmstrom with the invention of ______.

2. Bangs reports that most of his New Year's Eve experiences involve all of the following except ______.

3. Bangs suggested that rock bands had become pretentious and therefore deserved to get pied in the face like ______.

4. "Growing Up True is Hard to Do" is a review of Bob Seger's album ______.

5. The Maggie May excerpt begins with a male character meeting an _____ woman in a bar in London.

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