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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 also claims that the Troggs got their name from a group of ______ youth who were living in caves at the time of the band's formation.
(a) Irish.
(b) British.
(c) French.
(d) American.

2. Bangs praises _______ for creating music with the Velvet Underground that was physically and mentally stimulating.
(a) David Bowie.
(b) J. Geils.
(c) Luther Vandross.
(d) Lou Reed.

3. Bangs begins the essay "John Coltrane Lives" by describing a recent practice session with his band and discovering a _______ in the apartment, reminding him of Coltrane.
(a) Saxophone.
(b) Bass.
(c) Trumpet.
(d) Piano.

4. The old man tells his grandchildren that by the end of the 1960s, the Yardbirds had transformed into the band ______.
(a) Pink Floyd.
(b) Led Zeppelin.
(c) Fleetwood Mac.
(d) Rolling Stones.

5. The narrator of the story Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung is a ______ year old man explaining rock and roll history to his grandchildren.
(a) Eighty.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Ninety.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs discusses Lou Reed's new album called "Metal Machine Music", which is all ______ music.

2. Bangs concludes his review of Barry White by comparing White's songs to ______.

3. Reed tells Bangs that there are ______ that can be used as a weapon and some of them are on his latest album.

4. Part of the woman's tactics to get the young man to leave includes ______.

5. Critic Jon Landau dismisses Bangs for his reviews and for his magazine _______ for giving similar albums positive reviews.

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