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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bangs considers horror movies to be the equivalent of ______ movies and writes a fake L.A. times article detailing an uprising against the television stations.
(a) Jazz.
(b) Classical.
(c) Rock and Roll.
(d) Blues.

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

3. Dick Clark tells Bangs that he will be around for a long time precisely because he promotes ______ music.
(a) Glam.
(b) Good.
(c) Bad.
(d) Popular.

4. Bangs hears the album ______ at a dinner party and it leads to him and others harassing people at a Masons function.
(a) Slade.
(b) Kraftwerk.
(c) Station to Station.
(d) Sladest.

5. Clark believes that the current generation are very ______ despite their claims towards originality.
(a) Antagonist.
(b) Communist.
(c) Conformist.
(d) Non-conformist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lester Bangs compares listening to amazing albums like those produced by Count Five as being similar to a first ______.

2. Bangs spends almost half of the review of the album talking about the song ______, which Bangs believes is about a transsexual man.

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

4. Bangs concludes the essay by suggesting that ______ are making jokes to their listeners that play off all of their darkest fears and fantasies.

5. Bangs states that "Station to Station" is ______ 's finest album yet because even if the lyrics are pretentious, the guitar is amazing.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bangs believe is the reason why The Guess Who are so popular and so effective with their audience?

2. What does Bangs have to say about the idea of good taste, especially when it comes to old movies and to music?

3. Who are some of the famous guitarists whose careers were launched by the Yardbirds rock band?

4. What does Bangs have to say about the albums that Chicago puts out during this lifetime?

5. What does the J. Geils Band invite Bangs to do when he is trying to cover their concert?

6. From whom does Kraftwerk say that they take their inspiration, according to their conversation with Bangs?

7. What does Bangs believe is the benefit of not knowing how to play an instrument, as he notes the Stooges were unable to do at first?

8. What does Bangs claim is the inspiration for the band name, The Troggs, though some aren't sure this is the case?

9. What is the opinion that Bangs and Clark seem to share when they are talking in an interview together?

10. What is the assessment of "Fun House" that Bangs makes after listening to the album the first and the second time?

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