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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bangs rejects the idea that punk is _____ because some bands used symbols like swastikas. He felt that it was mainly for shock value.
(a) Facist.
(b) Communist.
(c) Socialist.
(d) Racist.

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

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

4. Bangs feels that Richard Hell's style of _____ rock is important because he still feels things in a world where most don't.
(a) Metal.
(b) Pop.
(c) Glam.
(d) Punk.

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

6. In his review of Peter Guralinick's book, Bangs suggests that all the characters in the book were destroyed by their ______.
(a) Alcohol problems.
(b) Addiction to sex.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Drug problems.

7. Bangs states in "All My Friends are Hermits" that he wants to have sex with this woman surrounded by ______.
(a) The jungle.
(b) People.
(c) Death.
(d) Life.

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

9. Bangs believes that Laughner bought into a rock culture that celebrates ______, and Bangs subsequently denounces that culture.
(a) Drugs.
(b) Infidelity.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Death.

10. The Maggie May excerpt begins with a male character meeting an _____ woman in a bar in London.
(a) Ugly.
(b) Attractive.
(c) Younger.
(d) Older.

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

12. Bangs asserts that Reed's music is about ______, which Reed denies. They also get into an argument about stimulants.
(a) Depression.
(b) Posterity.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Decadence.

13. Bangs describes "Lost Highway" as being marked by a certain cultural ______, especially when it comes to race.
(a) Depression.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Mania.
(d) Schizophrenia.

14. Bangs reviewed the group Sham 69, a British punk band whose fans were known to be ______.
(a) Racists.
(b) Violent.
(c) Hippies.
(d) Liberals.

15. Bangs describes punk as being music that is about renouncing ______ and being different.
(a) Power.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Sexism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs suggests that he likes the album Metal Box because it expresses the _____ that Bangs feels.

2. In his essay on New Year's Eve, Bangs recounts the last ______ that he has experienced.

3. In their interview about the new album, Lou Reed tells Bangs that he thinks it is the best work he has done but it should have been released with a _______.

4. At the conclusion of the interview, Bangs decides that he has changed his opinion of Reed and that he is a _______.

5. After the concert at Avery Fisher Hall, Bangs decides that the other attendees were ______.

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