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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Unpublishable Part Two and Untitled.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "New Year's Eve", Bangs asserts that the holiday raises expectations for the future to an unreasonable level and the night is overall ______.
(a) Good.
(b) Boring.
(c) Bad.
(d) Exciting.

2. Van Morrison's second album was released in _____ and Bangs reports that it became a source of hope for him.
(a) 1972.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1978.

3. Bangs claims that "Sucking It in the Seventies" is _______ and that those who own it have higher fan status.
(a) Intentionally bad.
(b) Cheap.
(c) A limited edition.
(d) Fictional.

4. In the essay "I Saw God and/or Tangerine Dream", Bangs decides to get intoxicated on _______.
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Cough syrup.
(d) Opium.

5. Bangs shows his distaste for Bowie's concert by comparing it to a ______ show with black people for props.
(a) LA.
(b) New York.
(c) Vegas.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator begins the story by talking about how great the music was in the year ______, particularly the Yardbirds.

2. 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.

3. Bangs reports that most of his New Year's Eve experiences involve all of the following except ______.

4. _______ claims that they are one of the first truly German bands since World War II.

5. Bangs claims that rock and roll's power does not come from musical talent but from the ______ instinct to constantly move.

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