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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 claims that Count Five released a total of ______ albums and goes on to explain the merits of each.
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

2. Bangs goes on to review the second album that the Stooges put out called _____ . Bangs admits that the first time he heard the album it sounded like nothing but noise.
(a) L.A. Blues.
(b) Fun House.
(c) Wild Thing.
(d) T.V. Eye.

3. Van Morrison's second album was released in _____ and Bangs reports that it became a source of hope for him.
(a) 1968.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1978.

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

5. Other critics said of Iggy Pop and the band that the stage show was juvenile and they were musically ______.
(a) Simplistic.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Talented.
(d) Visionary.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bangs, groups should have resisted the urge to become arty and developed the free style used by _____ musicians.

2. 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.

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

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

5. Bangs finds the lyrics on Jethro Tull's new album "Thick as a _____" to be self -righteous.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Bangs have to say about the album "Keep the Faith," even though he liked the band's first album?

3. What is the observation that Bangs makes about the rock bands of the time and how they were seen by crowds?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. What do other critics besides Lester Bangs have to say about the Stooges, a band that Bangs adores?

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