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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Blowing It Up, Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The essay "James Taylor Marked for Death" begins with a discussion about the British band called ______.
(a) The Fugs.
(b) The Animals.
(c) The Troggs.
(d) The Stooges.

2. Bangs begins the essay "Do the Godz Speak Esperanto" by discussing ______ records which he believes is the most underground record label in the country.
(a) Columbia.
(b) RCA.
(c) ESP.
(d) IBM.

3. Bangs suggests that the music of ______ was a natural reaction to the chaos of the late 1960s.
(a) The Animals.
(b) The Yardbirds.
(c) The Stooges.
(d) The Black Crows.

4. In the second section of the essay, Bangs suggests that some bands turned from simplistic rock into arty bands, including all of the following except ______.
(a) The Yardbirds.
(b) Led Zeppelin.
(c) The Mysterians.
(d) Question Mark.

5. The narrator begins the story by talking about how great the music was in the year ______, particularly the Yardbirds.
(a) 1965.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1967.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs suggests that the song called ______ by the Troggs is about a countdown towards sexual penetration.

2. The narrator of the story Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung is a ______ year old man explaining rock and roll history to his grandchildren.

3. Bangs describes the fact that Iggy Pop transitioned from an imitation of______ on the last album to a more refined and unique form.

4. The old man tells his grandchildren that by the end of the 1960s, the Yardbirds had transformed into the band ______.

5. Bangs argues that _____ 's antics helped to break down the wall between the musician and the listener.

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