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

2. Bangs concludes the article by suggesting that "Metal Machine Music" is the most ______ album Reed has made.
(a) Industrial.
(b) Innovative.
(c) Masculine.
(d) Feminine.

3. Bangs claims that rock and roll's power does not come from musical talent but from the ______ instinct to constantly move.
(a) American.
(b) African.
(c) Spanish.
(d) English.

4. Bangs asserts that almost every band that is thought of as _______ was originally criticized for being terrible musicians.
(a) Mediocre.
(b) Stylish.
(c) Innovative.
(d) Great.

5. Bangs concludes that Guralinick no longer wants to be a rock star because _______ often destroys musicians.
(a) Playing on the road.
(b) The music business.
(c) Alcohol addiction.
(d) Drug addiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his essay about the death of Peter Laughner, Bangs describes his friendship with Peter, who was a rock musician and a ______.

2. Bangs states that Laughner's doctors told him to quit using drugs but he continued to use to imitate ______.

3. After becoming intoxicated, Bangs attends a _______ show at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Reed have to say about Iggy Pop when he is first being interviewed by Bangs in this section?

4. What does Bangs conclude about the performances of Pop when he sees the show at the beginning of this chapter?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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