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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. In Bangs' review of the Stooges second album, he talks about the "relentlessly driving" _____, which is in the first half of the album.
(a) Rolling Stone.
(b) L.A. Blues.
(c) Fun House.
(d) T.V. Eye.

2. The band known as the Troggs derived their name from the word ______ which means "cavemen".
(a) Troglodyte.
(b) Trogopithecus.
(c) Troggers.
(d) Trogosphere.

3. Bangs begins the essay "John Coltrane Lives" by describing a recent practice session with his band and discovering a _______ in the apartment, reminding him of Coltrane.
(a) Saxophone.
(b) Piano.
(c) Bass.
(d) Trumpet.

4. The essay "Johnny Ray's Better _______" is a review of a David Bowie concert.
(a) River.
(b) Whirlpool.
(c) Ocean.
(d) Cesspool.

5. According to Bangs, groups should have resisted the urge to become arty and developed the free style used by _____ musicians.
(a) Jazz.
(b) Classical.
(c) Blues.
(d) Rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dick Clark tells Bangs that he will be around for a long time precisely because he promotes ______ music.

2. Bangs hears the album ______ at a dinner party and it leads to him and others harassing people at a Masons function.

3. One group that Bangs felt did use a more freestyle approach was ________, but they were among the few.

4. In reviewing Barry White's new album, Bangs states that White has found yet another way to sing about _____.

5. In his writing, Bangs fantasizes about murdering ______ because he is so self-absorbed.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lester Bangs not like about the way that music shifted in the 1960s, according to his essays?

2. Why does Bangs recommend the album "White Witch", even though it's difficult to tell whether he is being serious or not in this essay?

3. What does Clark believe about the trend of glam rock when it is discussed with Bangs?

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

5. What does Bangs believe the song "Wild Thing" causes the listeners to do, or to at least consider doing in their lives?

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

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

8. While Bangs doesn't disagree with the assessment of the Stooges, what does he believe the value of their music is?

9. What is the old man in the first essay trying to explain to his children, though Lester Bangs is the one who wrote it?

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

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