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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bangs claims that Count Five released a total of ______ albums and goes on to explain the merits of each.
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.

2. When Bangs takes the instrument home with him and attempts to play it, a dispute with ______ erupts.
(a) A neighbor.
(b) John Coltrane.
(c) The landlady.
(d) His girlfriend.

3. Bangs argues that _____ 's antics helped to break down the wall between the musician and the listener.
(a) Eric Clapton.
(b) Iggy Pop.
(c) Jimmy Page.
(d) Alice Cooper.

4. Other critics said of Iggy Pop and the band that the stage show was juvenile and they were musically ______.
(a) Visionary.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Talented.
(d) Simplistic.

5. In his write up of the song _____, Bangs fantasizes about the lead singer, Reg Presley, living out the lyrics.
(a) I Just Sing.
(b) Wild Thing.
(c) 66-5-4-3-2-1.
(d) Fugs.

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

7. The narrator begins the story by talking about how great the music was in the year ______, particularly the Yardbirds.
(a) 1967.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1969.

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

9. 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 ______.
(a) Led Zeppelin.
(b) Question Mark.
(c) The Yardbirds.
(d) The Mysterians.

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

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

12. Bangs reviews a concert he attended by Barrie White and states that he came away from the performance _______.
(a) Bored.
(b) Delirious.
(c) Ecstatic.
(d) Disgusted.

13. Bangs concludes the essay by suggesting that ______ are making jokes to their listeners that play off all of their darkest fears and fantasies.
(a) The Stooges.
(b) Question Mark.
(c) The Rolling Stones.
(d) Led Zeppelin.

14. 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.

15. In "Chicago at Carnegie Hall, Volumes I,II, III, & IV", Bangs mocks the album as being better as pieces of _____ than a work of music.
(a) Plastic.
(b) Crap.
(c) Scrap metal.
(d) Cardboard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lester Bangs refers to Count Five's album ______ as being their grungiest, and describes the reaction of other critics.

2. Bands describes some of his adolescent ______ exploits as a form of tribute to the power of the Troggs' music.

3. Bangs felt that the Baby Boomer generation was ______, believing their every act was of great importance.

4. Bangs asserts that the live music sounds similar to the studio music except there are long and pointless ______.

5. The article "My Night of Ecstasy With the J. Geils Band" talks about Bangs and the staff of ______ trying to figure out how to cover the J. Geils show.

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