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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Elvis - Presliad (Comprising sections Fanfare through The Rockabilly Moment).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Marcus in "Sly Stone," what two words make the song "Poet" poetry?
(a) Run and stop.
(b) Grinnin and chasin.
(c) Devil and bullets.
(d) Begin and start.

2. Who wrote "Little Wing"?
(a) Jimmy Hendrix.
(b) Bob Dylan.
(c) Sly Stone.
(d) Neil Young.

3. What type of Staggerlee does Sly create in Riot?
(a) One that regrets his crimes.
(b) One that does not get away.
(c) The baddest.
(d) The cruelest.

4. When referencing the South, who said "it's the only place in the country I've ever been where you can actually drive down the highway at night, and if you listen, you hear music"?
(a) Robbie Robertson.
(b) Elvis Presley.
(c) Greil Marcus.
(d) Randy Newman.

5. What was on the cover of Riot?
(a) A gun.
(b) Water.
(c) An American flag with flowers for stars.
(d) Sly wearing a zoot suit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marcus tells that Melville once wrote that a man is only free if he says what?

2. Whom did Bob Dylan claim was "America's greatest poet"?

3. In the introduction to "Elvis," Marcus claims that Elvis epitomizes what?

4. What author does Marcus quote in the beginning of "Robert Johnson -1938" to illustrate the promise of American life?

5. What was Elvis called in the beginning of his career?

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