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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 that Iggy Pop's performances are the most ______ things he has seen and also the most terrifying.
(a) Shameful.
(b) Worthless.
(c) Dead.
(d) Alive.

2. Bangs suggests that in America, ______ was often one of the only things that ever united the races.
(a) Painting.
(b) Politics.
(c) Music.
(d) Education.

3. Bangs rejects the idea that punk is _____ because some bands used symbols like swastikas. He felt that it was mainly for shock value.
(a) Racist.
(b) Facist.
(c) Communist.
(d) Socialist.

4. Bangs asserts that Reed's music is about ______, which Reed denies. They also get into an argument about stimulants.
(a) Decadence.
(b) Depression.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Posterity.

5. Bangs asserts that almost every band that is thought of as _______ was originally criticized for being terrible musicians.
(a) Mediocre.
(b) Great.
(c) Stylish.
(d) Innovative.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first excerpt from "Untitled Notes", Bangs purchases a non-existent _______ album called "Sucking It in the Seventies".

2. Many people were obsessed with Phillips and Bangs believes he could bring out what was inside a person like a _______.

3. In his final excerpt, Bangs rehashes his disputes with ______, lead singer from the Velvet Underground.

4. During the interview with Lou Reed, Bangs suggests that _______ imitates Lou Reed.

5. Bangs enjoys Hell's music, but he is profoundly disturbed by the sense of ______ that he detects in his music and personality.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bangs tell readers to read when they decide they want to read something?

2. What do the man and the woman realize about themselves and about the things they share in common?

3. Why does Bangs think it is pointless to get bogged down in who created a musical style?

4. What does Bangs argue about the music that Lou Reed makes when it is good?

5. What happens between the man and the woman in the opening part of this section that causes her to kick him out?

6. What does Bangs believe about the music of Bob Seger when he reviews his album?

7. What does narcissism allow a person to do, according to the opinion of Richard Hell in Bangs' writing?

8. What does Bangs do in order to go see the Tangerine Dream laser show at Avery Fisher Hall in New York?

9. What does Bangs say about his times with Laughner when he decides to write about him?

10. Why is Bangs surprised by the amount of racism that is present in punk rock and in punk rock music?

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