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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In one of the fragments, Bangs writes to convince himself that he is not yet old at the age of _______.
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Forty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Thirty.

3. Bangs suggests that "Metal Machine Music" has curative properties and may be useful in treating ______.
(a) Fevers.
(b) Headaches.
(c) Colds.
(d) Hangovers.

4. Bangs feels that Richard Hell's style of _____ rock is important because he still feels things in a world where most don't.
(a) Metal.
(b) Punk.
(c) Pop.
(d) Glam.

5. The woman comes to realize at some point that she feels more like a ______ than a lover in their relationship.
(a) Daughter.
(b) Friend.
(c) Mother.
(d) Sister.

6. Bangs describes an incident in ______ during a Stooges concert where Iggy Pop was beaten up by a biker.
(a) New York.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Chicago.

7. Bangs begins his interview with Lou Reed by having an argument with him even though he is Bangs' ______.
(a) Brother.
(b) Hero.
(c) Nemesis.
(d) Enemy.

8. Bangs concludes the article by suggesting that "Metal Machine Music" is the most ______ album Reed has made.
(a) Industrial.
(b) Innovative.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Masculine.

9. Bangs concludes by stating that Lou Reed once did him a favor by saying that he had been a good writer but now was a ______.
(a) Jerk.
(b) Poser.
(c) Loser.
(d) Hack.

10. After an initial fight, the couple meet again on the street and the young man asks the woman to ______.
(a) A restuarant.
(b) A quiet dinner in his apartment.
(c) A picnic.
(d) A movie.

11. Bangs describes a fantasy about eating ______ out of Elvis Presley's dead body, or part of the body to become Elvis himself.
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) LSD.
(c) Marijuana brownies.
(d) Pills.

12. In his essay about the death of Peter Laughner, Bangs describes his friendship with Peter, who was a rock musician and a ______.
(a) Painter.
(b) Actor.
(c) Chef.
(d) Writer.

13. In the essay on Iggy Pop, Bangs wonders if his maniacal performances reveals a deep ______ in Pop and his audience.
(a) Sickness.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Maliciousness.
(d) Humor.

14. Once on tour with The Clash, Bangs gets into a food fight and gets his hair set on fire by _______.
(a) The bass player.
(b) The manager.
(c) The guitar player.
(d) The drummer.

15. In the essay "Notes on Pil's Metal Box", Bangs wonders if Johnny ______'s music is just juvenile nastiness.
(a) Two-tone.
(b) Terrible.
(c) Rotten.
(d) Appleseed.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his article, Bangs contends that Elvis' main contribution to rock and roll music was his ______.

2. Part of the woman's tactics to get the young man to leave includes ______.

3. Bangs suggests that Reed's latest album was inspired by _______, which Bangs jokes could solve all the worlds problems.

4. Bangs himself died of drug related causes about _____ years after the essay about Laughner was written.

5. The way the woman finally is able to get rid of him is ______ and making him famous.

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