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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bangs claims that rock and roll's power does not come from musical talent but from the ______ instinct to constantly move.
(a) African.
(b) English.
(c) American.
(d) Spanish.

2. The way the woman finally is able to get rid of him is ______ and making him famous.
(a) Getting him art lessons.
(b) Getting him into a rock band.
(c) Getting him to become an actor.
(d) Getting him to open his own bar.

3. Bangs suggests that "Metal Machine Music" could also be used as a deterrent for _______.
(a) Stray dogs.
(b) Landlords.
(c) Cats.
(d) Relatives.

4. Bangs describes an incident in ______ during a Stooges concert where Iggy Pop was beaten up by a biker.
(a) Detroit.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Cleveland.

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

6. Bangs concludes the article by suggesting that "Metal Machine Music" is the most ______ album Reed has made.
(a) Masculine.
(b) Feminine.
(c) Innovative.
(d) Industrial.

7. The essay "The Greatest Album Ever Made" is a list of _______ different reasons Bangs likes "Metal Machine Music".
(a) Ten.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) One hundered.

8. The woman in the Maggie May story goes to the bar the next day looking _______ because she has no money.
(a) For a handout.
(b) For work.
(c) For a meal.
(d) To prostitute herself.

9. Part of the woman's tactics to get the young man to leave includes ______.
(a) Having sex in public at the bar.
(b) Calling the police on him.
(c) Spitting on him.
(d) Having group sex with the hell's angels.

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

11. As the couple continues to discover things about each other they realize that they both hate the same things and both love _____.
(a) Tea.
(b) Sex.
(c) Movies.
(d) Food.

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

13. Bangs states that on the previous New Year's Eve he met _____ different women and did not have sex with any of them.
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Ten.
(d) Four.

14. Reed tells Bangs that there are ______ that can be used as a weapon and some of them are on his latest album.
(a) Frequencies.
(b) Melodies.
(c) Waves.
(d) Instruments.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 1976 saw the advent of _____ rock and people starting buying albums again.

2. Bangs recounts an episode in which he experienced a great deal of _______ going to the convenience store.

3. In the essay "The White Noise Supremacists", Bangs tackles the subject of ______ in punk music.

4. In his essay, Bangs accuses Seger of ______ because his music is not much different than others.

5. Bangs describes a fantasy about eating ______ out of Elvis Presley's dead body, or part of the body to become Elvis himself.

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