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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Slaying the Children, Burying the Dead, Signs of Life Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bangs praises _______ for creating music with the Velvet Underground that was physically and mentally stimulating.
(a) David Bowie.
(b) Lou Reed.
(c) Luther Vandross.
(d) J. Geils.

2. Bangs believes that David Bowie's concert performance was an attempt to appropriate ______ culture.
(a) Black.
(b) Asian.
(c) Indigenous.
(d) Latino.

3. 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.

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

5. Bangs considers horror movies to be the equivalent of ______ movies and writes a fake L.A. times article detailing an uprising against the television stations.
(a) Classical.
(b) Rock and Roll.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Blues.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In the essay "The White Noise Supremacists", Bangs tackles the subject of ______ in punk music.

4. Bangs states that "Station to Station" is ______ 's finest album yet because even if the lyrics are pretentious, the guitar is amazing.

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

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