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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bangs claims that Count Five released a total of ______ albums and goes on to explain the merits of each.
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.

2. Bangs suggested that rock bands had become pretentious and therefore deserved to get pied in the face like ______.
(a) Eric Clapton.
(b) Iggy Pop.
(c) Alice Cooper.
(d) Jimmy Page.

3. The old man tells his grandchildren that by the end of the 1960s, the Yardbirds had transformed into the band ______.
(a) Rolling Stones.
(b) Fleetwood Mac.
(c) Led Zeppelin.
(d) Pink Floyd.

4. The second essay in the book is a review of Van Morrison's second album called _______.
(a) Velvet Underground.
(b) Astral Weeks.
(c) T.V. Eye.
(d) Madame George.

5. Although the essay begins by talking about the _______, the narrator changes the subject to a group called Count Five.
(a) Rolling Stones.
(b) Misfits.
(c) Led Zeppelin.
(d) Yardbirds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs suggests that the genre of rock and roll is naturally ______ and thus musical illiteracy is consistent with rock and roll.

2. In "Of Pop and Pies and Fun", Bangs defends the band that is known as the _______, in particular front man Iggy Pop.

3. Bangs concludes the essay by suggesting that ______ are making jokes to their listeners that play off all of their darkest fears and fantasies.

4. Bangs describes another band, _____, that was able to step into using a freestyle approach partly due to the fact that barely knew how to play their instruments.

5. ______ is the singer of the Velvet Underground, the band that Bangs suggested was able to use a free style method.

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