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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In his write up of the song _____, Bangs fantasizes about the lead singer, Reg Presley, living out the lyrics.
(a) Wild Thing.
(b) 66-5-4-3-2-1.
(c) I Just Sing.
(d) Fugs.

3. According to Bangs, groups should have resisted the urge to become arty and developed the free style used by _____ musicians.
(a) Rock.
(b) Blues.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Classical.

4. Lester Bangs compares listening to amazing albums like those produced by Count Five as being similar to a first ______.
(a) Orgasm.
(b) Time using drugs.
(c) Bike ride.
(d) Girlfriend.

5. Bangs finds the lyrics on Jethro Tull's new album "Thick as a _____" to be self -righteous.
(a) Brick.
(b) Stick.
(c) Slab.
(d) Block.

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

7. In the essay "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-up ______", Bangs complains that television stations do not play enough horror films.
(a) Zombies.
(b) Werewolves.
(c) Vampires.
(d) Deatheaters.

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

9. Bangs had written earlier about the Troggs and suggested that they were a ______ band.
(a) Separatist.
(b) Elitist.
(c) Inclusive.
(d) Chauvinist.

10. The Yardbirds were a British Band that launched the musical careers of all of the following guitarists except ______.
(a) Eric Clapton.
(b) Neil Young.
(c) Jeff Beck.
(d) Jimmy Page.

11. 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) Led Zeppelin.
(b) The Yardbirds.
(c) The Mysterians.
(d) Question Mark.

12. When the confrontation escalates, Bangs is arrested by a tenant in the building and charged with _____.
(a) Breaking and Entering.
(b) Battery.
(c) Drunk and Disorderly conduct.
(d) Assault.

13. Critic Jon Landau dismisses Bangs for his reviews and for his magazine _______ for giving similar albums positive reviews.
(a) L.A. Blues.
(b) Astral Weeks.
(c) Creem.
(d) Rolling Stone.

14. Bangs bemoans the turn popular music took towards _______ and politics in the late '60s, preferring instead the earlier sounds of the decade.
(a) Sexuality.
(b) Lasciviousness.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Thought.

15. During the interview with J. Geils, the band invites Bangs to write ______ as they play an encore.
(a) In the front row.
(b) On stage.
(c) Backstage.
(d) On a guitar.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chicago at Carnegie Hall, Volumes I,II, III, & IV", Bangs mocks the album as being better as pieces of _____ than a work of music.

2. In reviewing Barry White's new album, Bangs states that White has found yet another way to sing about _____.

3. Clark believes that _____ rock, which Bangs refers to as fag-rock, is mostly just to shock people.

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

5. Bangs hears the album ______ at a dinner party and it leads to him and others harassing people at a Masons function.

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