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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bangs concludes the essay by suggesting that ______ are making jokes to their listeners that play off all of their darkest fears and fantasies.
(a) The Stooges.
(b) The Rolling Stones.
(c) Led Zeppelin.
(d) Question Mark.

2. Bangs begins the essay "John Coltrane Lives" by describing a recent practice session with his band and discovering a _______ in the apartment, reminding him of Coltrane.
(a) Bass.
(b) Piano.
(c) Trumpet.
(d) Saxophone.

3. In Bangs' review of the Stooges second album, he talks about the "relentlessly driving" _____, which is in the first half of the album.
(a) Fun House.
(b) Rolling Stone.
(c) L.A. Blues.
(d) T.V. Eye.

4. 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) T.V. Eye.
(b) Fun House.
(c) L.A. Blues.
(d) Wild Thing.

5. 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) Werewolves.
(b) Vampires.
(c) Zombies.
(d) Deatheaters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bands describes some of his adolescent ______ exploits as a form of tribute to the power of the Troggs' music.

2. Bangs was at first offended by the Guess Who's most famous song "______ Woman" but then realized that their willingness to offend the audience is what made them great.

3. The worst examples of bands that treat their fans poorly Bangs refers to as ______, with James Taylor as the lead person in the group.

4. Clark believes that the current generation are very ______ despite their claims towards originality.

5. Other critics said of Iggy Pop and the band that the stage show was juvenile and they were musically ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the opinion that Bangs and Clark seem to share when they are talking in an interview together?

2. What is the old man in the first essay trying to explain to his children, though Lester Bangs is the one who wrote it?

3. What does Bangs believe about the show of David Bowie when he goes to promote it in his work?

4. What does Bangs claim is the inspiration for the band name, The Troggs, though some aren't sure this is the case?

5. What are the reactions that Lester Bangs has in reaction to the album he buys from the band, Count Five?

6. What does Bangs believe the song "Wild Thing" causes the listeners to do, or to at least consider doing in their lives?

7. When there is speculation as to whether a song like "Wild Thing" could be written anymore, what does Bangs speculate?

8. What does the J. Geils Band invite Bangs to do when he is trying to cover their concert?

9. What does Bangs believe is the benefit of not knowing how to play an instrument, as he notes the Stooges were unable to do at first?

10. What do other critics besides Lester Bangs have to say about the Stooges, a band that Bangs adores?

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