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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 the essay on Iggy Pop, Bangs wonders if his maniacal performances reveals a deep ______ in Pop and his audience.
(a) Sickness.
(b) Humor.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Maliciousness.

2. Bangs concludes the article suggesting that everyone likes Lou Reed's ______ music.
(a) Hypnotic.
(b) Wonderful.
(c) Inspired.
(d) Terrible.

3. In the first excerpt from "Untitled Notes", Bangs purchases a non-existent _______ album called "Sucking It in the Seventies".
(a) Stooges.
(b) Rolling Stones.
(c) Velvet Underground.
(d) Clash.

4. Bangs suggests that he likes the album Metal Box because it expresses the _____ that Bangs feels.
(a) Terror.
(b) Anger.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Happiness.

5. In one of the fragments, Bangs writes to convince himself that he is not yet old at the age of _______.
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Forty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs concludes that Iggy Pop's performances are the most ______ things he has seen and also the most terrifying.

2. Bangs suggests that Reed's latest album was inspired by _______, which Bangs jokes could solve all the worlds problems.

3. Bangs described ______ as a supernatural force in his ability to be a rebel without becoming an outcast.

4. During his essay on Sham 69, Bangs attempts to emulate their style in his writing and ends every sentence with _______.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Bangs say about Elvis' place in the music history at the end of his piece about him?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Hell believe that self-hatred is important, according to the way that Bangs writes about him?

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

10. What does Bangs say about his times with Laughner when he decides to write about him?

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