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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs claims that Count Five released a total of ______ albums and goes on to explain the merits of each.

2. Bangs asserts that "the Guess Who is God" in his essay "The Guess Who: Live at the _____".

3. Bangs suggests that the music of ______ was a natural reaction to the chaos of the late 1960s.

4. Clark believes that the current generation are very ______ despite their claims towards originality.

5. Bangs argues that in order to make rock and roll good again, musicians have to stop trying to respect ______ styles.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bangs have to say about the idea of good taste, especially when it comes to old movies and to music?

2. What is the old man in the first essay trying to explain to his children, though Lester Bangs is the one who wrote it?

3. What does Bangs explain to be the meaning of the band name, The Troggs, when he starts this section?

4. What does Bangs claim is the inspiration for the band name, The Troggs, though some aren't sure this is the case?

5. What does Bang argue is the recipe for making rock and roll good again, according to his essay?

6. What are the reactions that Lester Bangs has in reaction to the album he buys from the band, Count Five?

7. What is the observation that Bangs makes about the rock bands of the time and how they were seen by crowds?

8. What does Bangs believe the song "Wild Thing" causes the listeners to do, or to at least consider doing in their lives?

9. What does Bangs believe the reasoning behind Iggy Pop's diving into the audience and other stage antics?

10. What does Bangs have to say about the album "Keep the Faith," even though he liked the band's first album?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bangs begins to wonder if the maniacal performances by Pop and his audience aren't a reflection of a sickness in the singer and in the crowd.

Part 1: Do you think that Pop is trying to be crazy or do you think he actually is?

Part 2: Why do you think that Bangs has changed the way he looks at punk music?

Part 3: How do you think that Pop and his audience could be more controlled without being less enjoyable?

Essay Topic 2

Bangs begins to argue that the natural progression of music is to give the music over to machines.

Part 1: Do you agree that the natural progression of music is to give the work over to machines?

Part 2: How do you think music should be played in order to be enjoyable?

Part 3: Do you think today's music is being handled by machines primarily?

Essay Topic 3

Bangs describes feeling more powerful as a result of the most masculine album that Reed makes in "Metal Machine Music."

Part 1: Why do you think powerful and masculine are two words that are associated with each other?

Part 2: Do you think that women singers can be powerful? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think a song can be made more powerful for the audience?

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