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

2. According to Marcus in "Robert Johnson -1938," what is the American struggle?
(a) To be the best and not hurt others.
(b) To be an artist and not lose oneself.
(c) To get rich quick.
(d) To free oneself from constraints and learn the value of those limits.

3. What literary figure does Marcus allude to in "Sly Stone" when identifying how Sly speaks in the music?
(a) Golem.
(b) Ahab.
(c) Starbuck.
(d) Frodo.

4. Who said "This is the mystery of democracy . . . that its richest fruits spring up out of souls which no man has prepared and in circumstances where they are least expected"?
(a) Woodrow Wilson.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Elvis Presley.
(d) Greil Marcus.

5. What does Sly shout back at the band in "Africa Talks to You 'the Asphalt Jungle'"?
(a) "I'm a dying."
(b) "Stop."
(c) "Timber."
(d) "Help."

Short Answer Questions

1. "Me and the Devil Blues" uses imagery that provokes what emotion?

2. According to Marcus in "Robert Johnson -1938," what is the only way to quiet Johnson's song "Stones in My Passway"?

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

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

5. What religious group does Marcus compare blues singers to in "Robert Johnson -1938"?

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