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

2. Bangs believes that the album "Metal Machine Music" is the ultimate evolution of using _______.
(a) Acoustic instruments.
(b) Machines.
(c) High frequencies.
(d) Feedback.

3. Guralinick tries to justify Phillips' switch to almost entirely ______ musicians after recording Elvis Presley.
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Indian.
(d) Mexican.

4. The Maggie May excerpt begins with a male character meeting an _____ woman in a bar in London.
(a) Ugly.
(b) Younger.
(c) Older.
(d) Attractive.

5. In the essay "The White Noise Supremacists", Bangs tackles the subject of ______ in punk music.
(a) Communism.
(b) Sexism.
(c) Racism.
(d) Politicism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs believes that ______ are the only band in their genre with strong convictions about making a better world.

2. Bangs reports that most of his New Year's Eve experiences involve all of the following except ______.

3. Part of the woman's tactics to get the young man to leave includes ______.

4. Bangs states that on the previous New Year's Eve he met _____ different women and did not have sex with any of them.

5. Bangs reviewed a recent performance of Iggy Pop at the Palladium and suggested that his physical performance hints at his ______.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What do the man and the woman realize about themselves and about the things they share in common?

6. Why does Bangs believe that Elvis was able to be a rebel without being an outcast?

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

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

9. What does Bangs believe hints to Pop's isolation in the music world when he is reviewing a show?

10. What does Bangs tell readers to read when they decide they want to read something?

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