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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 reviewed the group Sham 69, a British punk band whose fans were known to be ______.
(a) Violent.
(b) Hippies.
(c) Liberals.
(d) Racists.

2. Bangs describes punk as being music that is about renouncing ______ and being different.
(a) Power.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Sexism.

3. In his final excerpt, Bangs rehashes his disputes with ______, lead singer from the Velvet Underground.
(a) Lou Reed.
(b) Eric Burdon.
(c) Eric Clapton.
(d) Rod Stewart.

4. During the interview with Lou Reed, Bangs suggests that _______ imitates Lou Reed.
(a) Iggy Pop.
(b) David Bowie.
(c) Luther Vandross.
(d) Kraftwerk.

5. "Growing Up True is Hard to Do" is a review of Bob Seger's album ______.
(a) New Year's Eve.
(b) L.A. Blues.
(c) Blank Generation.
(d) Stranger in Town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once on tour with The Clash, Bangs gets into a food fight and gets his hair set on fire by _______.

2. Bangs recounted an incident in which he referred to a band as _______ in front of a black couple.

3. Bangs suggests that he likes the album Metal Box because it expresses the _____ that Bangs feels.

4. The essay "The Greatest Album Ever Made" is a list of _______ different reasons Bangs likes "Metal Machine Music".

5. In his article about Elvis, Bangs describes his experience of telling ______ men about Elvis' death and their lack of care.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Bangs reveal that he and his friends hate doing, when he is writing in the first part of this section?

4. Why does Bangs want to have sex with death all around him, according to one of his essays?

5. Why does Bangs think it is pointless to get bogged down in who created a musical style?

6. What happens between the man and the woman in the opening part of this section that causes her to kick him out?

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

8. What does Bangs do in order to go see the Tangerine Dream laser show at Avery Fisher Hall in New York?

9. What does Bangs say about the book "Lost Highway" and how it is marked?

10. What does Bangs believe about the music of Bob Seger when he reviews his album?

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