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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 suggests that the genre of rock and roll is naturally ______ and thus musical illiteracy is consistent with rock and roll.
(a) Adolescent.
(b) Babyish.
(c) Adult.
(d) Childish.

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

3. The essay titled "____ Witch" recommends the album because the band are all sexually frustrated "dorks".
(a) White.
(b) Purple.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

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

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

Short Answer 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.

2. Other critics said of Iggy Pop and the band that the stage show was juvenile and they were musically ______.

3. Rock crowds had become convinced that bands were supposed to be objects of ______.

4. Bands describes some of his adolescent ______ exploits as a form of tribute to the power of the Troggs' music.

5. The song _______ is listed on the first half of the Stooges second album which Bangs describes as the better half of the album.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bangs explain to be the meaning of the band name, The Troggs, when he starts this section?

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

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

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

5. Why does Bangs speak so highly of the Van Morrison album, "Astral Weeks," in his essay?

6. Why does Clark believe that he will still be around for years to come, as he says when talking to Bangs?

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

8. What does Bangs believe the reasoning behind Iggy Pop's diving into the audience and other stage antics?

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

10. What does Jon Landau do in response to the way that Lester Bangs writes about music, according to the essay?

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