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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Band - Pilgrims' Progress (Comprising sections Introduction through Crossing the Border).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Johnson's instrument of choice?
(a) Piano.
(b) Harmonica.
(c) Saxophone.
(d) Guitar.

2. In the Prologue, Marcus says that the music he will discuss dramatizes what?
(a) The racial tensions of the time.
(b) The war.
(c) Life in the projects.
(d) What it means to be American.

3. Who interrupts the fight over the book in the Prologue?
(a) Little Richard.
(b) Erich Segal.
(c) Rita Moreno.
(d) John Simon.

4. The Prologue states that Marcus wants to discuss rock 'n' roll in what context?
(a) As a counterculture.
(b) As youth culture.
(c) As American culture.
(d) As music in general.

5. Who said "I learned the words to Little Richard's songs the best I could and what I couldn't figure out didn't matter"?
(a) Robbie Robertson.
(b) Bob Dylan.
(c) Ronnie Hawkins.
(d) Bo Diddley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the book discussed in the Prologue?

2. What song does Marcus claim to be "the most menacing piece of rock 'n' roll ever made"?

3. Which of the following performers will NOT be discussed in Mystery Train?

4. What type of music did Harmonica Frank sing?

5. What song of Elvis Presley's is mentioned as having the "young hold on freedom" and a "touch of fear" reminiscent to Robert Johnson's?

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