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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Elvis - Presliad (Comprising sections Elvis Moves Out through Finale).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Marcus in "The Band," what message did The Band originally try to get across?
(a) You cannot win when everything is against you.
(b) America is a disappointment.
(c) America has possibilities no one has seen yet.
(d) Beauty can come from terror.

2. From whom does Marcus quote in the beginning to introduce the myth of Staggerlee in "Sly Stone"?
(a) James Brown.
(b) Sly Stone.
(c) Bobby Seale.
(d) Billy Lyon.

3. According to Marcus in "Harmonica Frank -1951," what do both Ahab and Huck have in common?
(a) They go on adventures for the sake of adventure.
(b) They are after a dream that is not real.
(c) They try to escape restraints and authority.
(d) They have aunts who try to civilize them.

4. In the section "Even Stranger Blues," to what does Marcus compare Robbie's guitar sound?
(a) Chuck Berry's performance at the Grand.
(b) A car screeching to a halt.
(c) Cats on the fence.
(d) Jim Brown's performance in The Dirty Dozen.

5. In the introduction to "Elvis," Marcus claims that Elvis epitomizes what?
(a) The best of our culture.
(b) The chaos of Harmonica Frank.
(c) The anger of Robert Johnson.
(d) The worst of our culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the critics Marcus references in "The Band," who was Robbie Robertson's "foil"?

2. What literary figure does Marcus allude to in "Sly Stone" when identifying how Sly speaks in the music?

3. How did Marcus feel when Elvis was drafted?

4. According to Marcus in "Randy Newman," whose song was Randy Newman answering in his version of "Suzanne"?

5. In "Elvis," Marcus compares Elvis to what character envisioned by Ralph Waldo Emerson?

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