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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 when the title of greatness is conferred on a band it lasts _______.
(a) As long as the music is listened to.
(b) As long as the band is popular.
(c) Forever.
(d) A couple of years at most.

2. Bangs recounted an incident in which he referred to a band as _______ in front of a black couple.
(a) Africans.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Untalented.
(d) Niggers.

3. The woman in the Maggie May story goes to the bar the next day looking _______ because she has no money.
(a) To prostitute herself.
(b) For work.
(c) For a meal.
(d) For a handout.

4. Bangs states that on the previous New Year's Eve he met _____ different women and did not have sex with any of them.
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

5. Bangs claims that "Sucking It in the Seventies" is _______ and that those who own it have higher fan status.
(a) Intentionally bad.
(b) Fictional.
(c) A limited edition.
(d) Cheap.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hell, the ability of a person to remake himself is the message of the song ______.

2. Bangs suggests that "Metal Machine Music" has curative properties and may be useful in treating ______.

3. Guralinick tries to justify Phillips' switch to almost entirely ______ musicians after recording Elvis Presley.

4. In the essay "Let Us Now Praise Famous Death Dwarves", Bangs lists ways that ______ is unique, including the fact that he is willing to interview with Bangs again.

5. Bangs believes that Laughner bought into a rock culture that celebrates ______, and Bangs subsequently denounces that culture.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bangs say is the most important ways in which Lou Reed is unique?

2. Why is it difficult for Bangs to see Elvis as a tragic character in the music world?

3. What does narcissism allow a person to do, according to the opinion of Richard Hell in Bangs' writing?

4. Why does Bangs believe Richard Hell's style of punk rock is necessary in the world?

5. What does the woman begin to realize about the man as their relationship continues on?

6. What happens when a person buys the fictitious Rolling Stones album that Bangs describes in this section?

7. What is it about Hell's music that disturbs Bangs, according to the way he writes about the music?

8. What does the woman decide she wants to do when she runs into her ex-lover later on?

9. What does Bangs note about any band which is now considered to be great in the eyes of the culture?

10. What are the opinions of the Lou Reed album, "How to Succeed in Torture Without Really Trying," including Bangs' opinion?

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