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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bangs suggests that when the title of greatness is conferred on a band it lasts _______.
(a) A couple of years at most.
(b) As long as the band is popular.
(c) As long as the music is listened to.
(d) Forever.

2. In the essay "I Saw God and/or Tangerine Dream", Bangs decides to get intoxicated on _______.
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Opium.
(d) Cough syrup.

3. Bangs tells Reed during their interview that "Metal Machine Music" is authentic and calls it a _______ career move.
(a) Creative.
(b) Terrible.
(c) Wonderful.
(d) Inspired.

4. Bangs describes a fantasy about eating ______ out of Elvis Presley's dead body, or part of the body to become Elvis himself.
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) LSD.
(c) Pills.
(d) Marijuana brownies.

5. In his essay about the death of Peter Laughner, Bangs describes his friendship with Peter, who was a rock musician and a ______.
(a) Actor.
(b) Chef.
(c) Painter.
(d) Writer.

6. Bangs recounts an episode in which he experienced a great deal of _______ going to the convenience store.
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Depression.
(c) Joy.
(d) Fear.

7. At the conclusion of the interview, Bangs decides that he has changed his opinion of Reed and that he is a _______.
(a) God.
(b) Child.
(c) Basket case.
(d) Loser.

8. During the interview with Lou Reed, Bangs suggests that _______ imitates Lou Reed.
(a) Kraftwerk.
(b) Iggy Pop.
(c) David Bowie.
(d) Luther Vandross.

9. In the essay "Notes on Pil's Metal Box", Bangs wonders if Johnny ______'s music is just juvenile nastiness.
(a) Terrible.
(b) Appleseed.
(c) Two-tone.
(d) Rotten.

10. "Growing Up True is Hard to Do" is a review of Bob Seger's album ______.
(a) L.A. Blues.
(b) Blank Generation.
(c) New Year's Eve.
(d) Stranger in Town.

11. Bangs suggests that "Metal Machine Music" has curative properties and may be useful in treating ______.
(a) Hangovers.
(b) Colds.
(c) Fevers.
(d) Headaches.

12. In "New Year's Eve", Bangs asserts that the holiday raises expectations for the future to an unreasonable level and the night is overall ______.
(a) Bad.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Good.
(d) Boring.

13. According to Hell, the ability of a person to remake himself is the message of the song ______.
(a) Stranger in Town.
(b) New Year's Eve.
(c) 5th Generation.
(d) Blank Generation.

14. Bangs begins his interview with Lou Reed by having an argument with him even though he is Bangs' ______.
(a) Nemesis.
(b) Hero.
(c) Enemy.
(d) Brother.

15. In one of the fragments, Bangs writes to convince himself that he is not yet old at the age of _______.
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Forty.
(d) Twenty.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the essay on Iggy Pop, Bangs wonders if his maniacal performances reveals a deep ______ in Pop and his audience.

2. Bangs states that on the previous New Year's Eve he met _____ different women and did not have sex with any of them.

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

4. Bangs states that Laughner's doctors told him to quit using drugs but he continued to use to imitate ______.

5. Bangs rejects the idea that punk is _____ because some bands used symbols like swastikas. He felt that it was mainly for shock value.

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