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

2. The essay "Johnny Ray's Better _______" is a review of a David Bowie concert.
(a) Ocean.
(b) Cesspool.
(c) Whirlpool.
(d) River.

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

4. In his essay "Fragments, 1976-1982", Bangs writes about the fact that he and his friends hate ______.
(a) Ordering pizza.
(b) Taking cabs.
(c) Answering the phone.
(d) Answering the door.

5. In Bangs' review of the Stooges second album, he talks about the "relentlessly driving" _____, which is in the first half of the album.
(a) Fun House.
(b) L.A. Blues.
(c) Rolling Stone.
(d) T.V. Eye.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the essay "How to Succeed at _______ Without Really Trying", Bangs claims that he is not still fighting with Lou Reed.

2. Bangs enjoys Hell's music, but he is profoundly disturbed by the sense of ______ that he detects in his music and personality.

3. Bangs goes on to review the second album that the Stooges put out called _____ . Bangs admits that the first time he heard the album it sounded like nothing but noise.

4. The woman comes to realize at some point that she feels more like a ______ than a lover in their relationship.

5. In the essay "All My Friends are Hermits", Bangs describes wanting to have sex with a woman in _______.

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