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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 in "Kraftwerkfeature" that the natural progression of rock and roll is to turn over to ________.
(a) Drums.
(b) Animals.
(c) Acoustic.
(d) Machines.

2. Bangs felt that the Baby Boomer generation was ______, believing their every act was of great importance.
(a) Chauvinistic.
(b) Philanthropic.
(c) Narcissistic.
(d) Antisocial.

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) Piano.
(b) Saxophone.
(c) Trumpet.
(d) Bass.

4. Bangs asserts that the live music sounds similar to the studio music except there are long and pointless ______.
(a) Introductions to each song.
(b) Pauses.
(c) Solos.
(d) Crowd singing sections.

5. Bangs spends almost half of the review of the album talking about the song ______, which Bangs believes is about a transsexual man.
(a) T.V. Eye.
(b) Madame George.
(c) Velvet Underground.
(d) Astral Weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs comes to like the song ______, which he first had dismissed as so much noise.

2. The Yardbirds were a British Band that launched the musical careers of all of the following guitarists except ______.

3. The worst examples of bands that treat their fans poorly Bangs refers to as ______, with James Taylor as the lead person in the group.

4. Bangs suggests that _____ is a dangerous thing because it makes people vulnerable to the universal pain of life.

5. In "Chicago at Carnegie Hall, Volumes I,II, III, & IV", Bangs mocks the album as being better as pieces of _____ than a work of music.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Bangs decides to chase his landlady back to her apartment as he is playing the saxophone?

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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