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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bangs suggests in "Kraftwerkfeature" that the natural progression of rock and roll is to turn over to ________.
(a) Animals.
(b) Drums.
(c) Acoustic.
(d) Machines.

2. Bangs concludes his review of Barry White by comparing White's songs to ______.
(a) Incest.
(b) Joy.
(c) Rape.
(d) Love.

3. Bangs describes another band, _____, that was able to step into using a freestyle approach partly due to the fact that barely knew how to play their instruments.
(a) The Mysterians.
(b) Question Mark.
(c) The Velvet Underground.
(d) The Stooges.

4. Bangs argues that in order to make rock and roll good again, musicians have to stop trying to respect ______ styles.
(a) Blues.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Younger.
(d) Older.

5. Bangs suggests that _____ is a dangerous thing because it makes people vulnerable to the universal pain of life.
(a) Music.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Love.

6. Bangs then reviews James Taylor's album called "_____ Man Dog" and surprisingly defends the album.
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

7. 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.
(a) Zombies.
(b) Werewolves.
(c) Deatheaters.
(d) Vampires.

8. Bangs hears the album ______ at a dinner party and it leads to him and others harassing people at a Masons function.
(a) Slade.
(b) Station to Station.
(c) Kraftwerk.
(d) Sladest.

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

10. The ______ seize the television stations and play all manner of different content, and one station in LA tries to play every movie ever made.
(a) Musicians.
(b) Rebels.
(c) Jets.
(d) Ladies.

11. Bangs suggests that once groups reach stardom they begin to treat their fans with ______.
(a) Disregard.
(b) Contempt.
(c) Integrity.
(d) Gratitude.

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

13. Bangs finds the lyrics on Jethro Tull's new album "Thick as a _____" to be self -righteous.
(a) Brick.
(b) Block.
(c) Slab.
(d) Stick.

14. Bangs begins the essay "Do the Godz Speak Esperanto" by discussing ______ records which he believes is the most underground record label in the country.
(a) IBM.
(b) ESP.
(c) RCA.
(d) Columbia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Van Morrison's second album was released in _____ and Bangs reports that it became a source of hope for him.

2. Bangs states that "Station to Station" is ______ 's finest album yet because even if the lyrics are pretentious, the guitar is amazing.

3. In the second section of the essay, Bangs suggests that some bands turned from simplistic rock into arty bands, including all of the following except ______.

4. The essay "Johnny Ray's Better _______" is a review of a David Bowie concert.

5. Dick Clark tells Bangs that he will be around for a long time precisely because he promotes ______ music.

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