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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 once groups reach stardom they begin to treat their fans with ______.
(a) Disregard.
(b) Contempt.
(c) Integrity.
(d) Gratitude.

2. The Yardbirds were a British Band that launched the musical careers of all of the following guitarists except ______.
(a) Jimmy Page.
(b) Jeff Beck.
(c) Eric Clapton.
(d) Neil Young.

3. Lester Bangs refers to Count Five's album ______ as being their grungiest, and describes the reaction of other critics.
(a) Physical Graffiti.
(b) Bangs.
(c) Psychotic Reaction.
(d) Carburetor Dung.

4. Lester Bangs compares listening to amazing albums like those produced by Count Five as being similar to a first ______.
(a) Bike ride.
(b) Orgasm.
(c) Time using drugs.
(d) Girlfriend.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. Bangs suggests that the song called ______ by the Troggs is about a countdown towards sexual penetration.

3. Bangs also claims that the Troggs got their name from a group of ______ youth who were living in caves at the time of the band's formation.

4. Bangs asserts that "the Guess Who is God" in his essay "The Guess Who: Live at the _____".

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 believe to be the meaning of the song "Give It To Me" by The Troggs?

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

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

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

5. When there is speculation as to whether a song like "Wild Thing" could be written anymore, what does Bangs speculate?

6. What does Bangs believe about the show of David Bowie when he goes to promote it in his work?

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

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

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

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

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