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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Led Zeppelin.
(d) Yardbirds.

2. Critic Jon Landau dismisses Bangs for his reviews and for his magazine _______ for giving similar albums positive reviews.
(a) L.A. Blues.
(b) Creem.
(c) Astral Weeks.
(d) Rolling Stone.

3. Bangs had written earlier about the Troggs and suggested that they were a ______ band.
(a) Chauvinist.
(b) Separatist.
(c) Inclusive.
(d) Elitist.

4. 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) Crap.
(b) Scrap metal.
(c) Plastic.
(d) Cardboard.

5. Bangs suggested that rock bands had become pretentious and therefore deserved to get pied in the face like ______.
(a) Jimmy Page.
(b) Eric Clapton.
(c) Iggy Pop.
(d) Alice Cooper.

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

7. In the article "Jethro Tull in ______" Bangs describes how the band has managed to become popular without the benefit of a radio single.
(a) Germany.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Korea.
(d) Japan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. The second essay in the book is a review of Van Morrison's second album called _______.
(a) Velvet Underground.
(b) Astral Weeks.
(c) T.V. Eye.
(d) Madame George.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Black _____ Arkansas: Keep the Faith", Bangs admits that he like the band's album when he first heard it.

2. Bangs argues that "Keep the Faith" could be used to make people immune from _____ torture and brainwashing.

3. In his writing, Bangs fantasizes about murdering ______ because he is so self-absorbed.

4. One group that Bangs felt did use a more freestyle approach was ________, but they were among the few.

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

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