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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 "All My Friends are Hermits", Bangs describes wanting to have sex with a woman in _______.
(a) A primitive setting.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) An airport.
(d) A hot tub.

2. Part of the woman's tactics to get the young man to leave includes ______.
(a) Calling the police on him.
(b) Spitting on him.
(c) Having sex in public at the bar.
(d) Having group sex with the hell's angels.

3. After an initial fight, the couple meet again on the street and the young man asks the woman to ______.
(a) A quiet dinner in his apartment.
(b) A picnic.
(c) A movie.
(d) A restuarant.

4. The way the woman finally is able to get rid of him is ______ and making him famous.
(a) Getting him to open his own bar.
(b) Getting him to become an actor.
(c) Getting him into a rock band.
(d) Getting him art lessons.

5. In his essay about the death of Peter Laughner, Bangs describes his friendship with Peter, who was a rock musician and a ______.
(a) Painter.
(b) Chef.
(c) Writer.
(d) Actor.

Short Answer Questions

1. The excerpt from "Maggie May" is a fictional piece that was inspired by the song written by ______.

2. Bangs concludes that Guralinick no longer wants to be a rock star because _______ often destroys musicians.

3. The woman in the Maggie May story goes to the bar the next day looking _______ because she has no money.

4. Bangs praises _______ for creating music with the Velvet Underground that was physically and mentally stimulating.

5. Bangs describes an incident in ______ during a Stooges concert where Iggy Pop was beaten up by a biker.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why is Bangs surprised by the amount of racism that is present in punk rock and in punk rock music?

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

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

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

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