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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the interview with J. Geils, the band invites Bangs to write ______ as they play an encore.
(a) In the front row.
(b) Backstage.
(c) On a guitar.
(d) On stage.

2. 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) ESP.
(b) IBM.
(c) RCA.
(d) Columbia.

3. The song _______ is listed on the first half of the Stooges second album which Bangs describes as the better half of the album.
(a) L.A. Blues.
(b) Velvet Underground.
(c) Carburetor Dung.
(d) T.V. Eye.

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

5. The Yardbirds were a British Band that launched the musical careers of all of the following guitarists except ______.
(a) Eric Clapton.
(b) Jeff Beck.
(c) Jimmy Page.
(d) Neil Young.

6. Bangs feels that Morrison has a unique talent to take a simple phrase and repeat it until it becomes something ______.
(a) Political.
(b) Mystical.
(c) Philosophical.
(d) Beautiful.

7. In reviewing Barry White's new album, Bangs states that White has found yet another way to sing about _____.
(a) Hate.
(b) Politics.
(c) Love.
(d) The Earth.

8. 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 Velvet Underground.
(b) The Stooges.
(c) Question Mark.
(d) The Mysterians.

9. Bangs asserts that the live music sounds similar to the studio music except there are long and pointless ______.
(a) Pauses.
(b) Crowd singing sections.
(c) Introductions to each song.
(d) Solos.

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

11. Bangs argues that "Keep the Faith" could be used to make people immune from _____ torture and brainwashing.
(a) Socialist.
(b) Republican.
(c) Neo-nazi.
(d) Communist.

12. Bangs describes the fact that Iggy Pop transitioned from an imitation of______ on the last album to a more refined and unique form.
(a) Lou Reed.
(b) Paul McCartney.
(c) Robert Plant.
(d) Mick Jagger.

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

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

15. The essay "James Taylor Marked for Death" begins with a discussion about the British band called ______.
(a) The Troggs.
(b) The Stooges.
(c) The Animals.
(d) The Fugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the essay "Screwing the System With Dick Clark", Bangs describes his meeting with Dick Clark, host of _______.

2. Bangs is using a deception because none of these other Count Five albums existed, and he was comparing himself to a ______ critic.

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

4. According to Bangs, groups should have resisted the urge to become arty and developed the free style used by _____ musicians.

5. ______ is the singer of the Velvet Underground, the band that Bangs suggested was able to use a free style method.

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