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

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

3. Bangs hears the album ______ at a dinner party and it leads to him and others harassing people at a Masons function.
(a) Sladest.
(b) Station to Station.
(c) Kraftwerk.
(d) Slade.

4. Bangs states that "Station to Station" is ______ 's finest album yet because even if the lyrics are pretentious, the guitar is amazing.
(a) David Bowie.
(b) Barry White.
(c) Blitzkrieg.
(d) Luther Vandross.

5. Clark believes that _____ rock, which Bangs refers to as fag-rock, is mostly just to shock people.
(a) Pop.
(b) Glam.
(c) Hard.
(d) Bubblegum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bangs admires the Troggs for making innocent _____ songs as well as incredibly sexual music.

2. The essay "Johnny Ray's Better _______" is a review of a David Bowie concert.

3. Bangs asserts that "the Guess Who is God" in his essay "The Guess Who: Live at the _____".

4. Although the essay begins by talking about the _______, the narrator changes the subject to a group called Count Five.

5. Rock crowds had become convinced that bands were supposed to be objects of ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bangs explain to be the meaning of the band name, The Troggs, when he starts this section?

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

3. What does Jon Landau do in response to the way that Lester Bangs writes about music, according to the essay?

4. What does Bang argue is the recipe for making rock and roll good again, according to his essay?

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

6. What does Clark believe about the trend of glam rock when it is discussed with Bangs?

7. What does Bangs have to say about the idea of good taste, especially when it comes to old movies and to music?

8. Why does Clark believe that he will still be around for years to come, as he says when talking to Bangs?

9. What happens when Bangs decides to chase his landlady back to her apartment as he is playing the saxophone?

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

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