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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sly Stone - The Myth of Staggerlee (Comprising sections Sly Versus Superfly through A Quiet Rebellion).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says "Instead of throwing a knapsack over your back and getting out on the highway, to learn about life, we were able to do it together. We were protected by one another"?
(a) Bobby Bland.
(b) Robbie Robertson.
(c) Greil Marcus.
(d) Robert Manuel.

2. How did Robert Johnson die?
(a) Old age.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Drug overdose.
(d) Murdered.

3. How did Marcus feel when Elvis was drafted?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Sad.
(c) Angry.
(d) Relieved.

4. What was the original name of the Band in the early sixties?
(a) The Hawks.
(b) The Beatles.
(c) Robbie and the Rockers.
(d) The Bush Beaters.

5. In "Harmonica Frank -1951," what does Marcus tell was his first Elvis record?
(a) "Rockin' Chair Daddy."
(b) "Hound Dog."
(c) "Rip It Up."
(d) "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care."

Short Answer Questions

1. What "spirit" does Harmonica Frank have that Marcus believes is truly American?

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

3. Who is the main character in the song "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"?

4. Why did political activist, Eldridge Cleaver, not want to go to jail?

5. Four of the members from The Band are from where?

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