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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 is using a deception because none of these other Count Five albums existed, and he was comparing himself to a ______ critic.
(a) Rolling Stone.
(b) L.A. Blues.
(c) Creem.
(d) Astral Weeks.

2. Guralinick tries to justify Phillips' switch to almost entirely ______ musicians after recording Elvis Presley.
(a) Mexican.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Indian.

3. Clark believes that _____ rock, which Bangs refers to as fag-rock, is mostly just to shock people.
(a) Pop.
(b) Bubblegum.
(c) Glam.
(d) Hard.

4. Bangs shows his distaste for Bowie's concert by comparing it to a ______ show with black people for props.
(a) LA.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Vegas.

5. In his final excerpt, Bangs rehashes his disputes with ______, lead singer from the Velvet Underground.
(a) Eric Burdon.
(b) Rod Stewart.
(c) Lou Reed.
(d) Eric Clapton.

Short Answer Questions

1. The essay titled "____ Witch" recommends the album because the band are all sexually frustrated "dorks".

2. Bangs asserts that almost every band that is thought of as _______ was originally criticized for being terrible musicians.

3. In Bangs' review of the Stooges second album, he talks about the "relentlessly driving" _____, which is in the first half of the album.

4. After becoming intoxicated, Bangs attends a _______ show at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City.

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

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