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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. In "Black _____ Arkansas: Keep the Faith", Bangs admits that he like the band's album when he first heard it.

2. Bangs had written earlier about the Troggs and suggested that they were a ______ band.

3. The song _______ is listed on the first half of the Stooges second album which Bangs describes as the better half of the album.

4. Bangs suggests that once groups reach stardom they begin to treat their fans with ______.

5. Bangs believes that the Godz third album ________ is a complete descent into acid-rock cliches.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bangs believe is the benefit of not knowing how to play an instrument, as he notes the Stooges were unable to do at first?

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 is the opinion that Bangs and Clark seem to share when they are talking in an interview together?

4. What does Lester Bangs not like about the way that music shifted in the 1960s, according to his essays?

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

6. Why does Clark believe that he will still be around for years to come, as he says when talking to Bangs?

7. While Bangs doesn't disagree with the assessment of the Stooges, what does he believe the value of their music is?

8. What is the assessment of "Fun House" that Bangs makes after listening to the album the first and the second time?

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

10. When there is speculation as to whether a song like "Wild Thing" could be written anymore, what does Bangs speculate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Bangs seems to think that music and rock and roll should not be revered for being technically great.

Part 1: Does music have to be done well in order to be enjoyable?

Part 2: How do you think music is hindered by the structure of notes and time keeping?

Part 3: Why do you think Bangs believes music should be free to experiment?

Essay Topic 3

Joe Strummer says that he actually wants to know when he's not being as good in concerts.

Part 1: Do you think most performers want to hear whether they are good in a performance?

Part 2: How do you think a performer from today's music scene might react if someone told them they were off one night?

Part 3: Do you appreciate honesty over being told you are good, even when you're not?

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