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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. Bangs goes on to review the second album that the Stooges put out called _____ . Bangs admits that the first time he heard the album it sounded like nothing but noise.
(a) L.A. Blues.
(b) Fun House.
(c) T.V. Eye.
(d) Wild Thing.

2. Bangs felt that the Baby Boomer generation was ______, believing their every act was of great importance.
(a) Narcissistic.
(b) Chauvinistic.
(c) Antisocial.
(d) Philanthropic.

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

4. The narrator of the story Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung is a ______ year old man explaining rock and roll history to his grandchildren.
(a) Sixty.
(b) Ninety.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Seventy.

5. Bangs spends almost half of the review of the album talking about the song ______, which Bangs believes is about a transsexual man.
(a) Astral Weeks.
(b) Velvet Underground.
(c) Madame George.
(d) T.V. Eye.

Short Answer Questions

1. The second essay in the book is a review of Van Morrison's second album called _______.

2. Lester Bangs refers to Count Five's album ______ as being their grungiest, and describes the reaction of other critics.

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

4. The band known as the Troggs were responsible for the smash hit ______.

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

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