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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Harmonica Frank - 1951.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the television show that Greil Marcus uses as an example in the Prologue?
(a) The Dick Cavett Show.
(b) The Dick Clark Show.
(c) The Late Show.
(d) Donny Carson's Show.

2. What is ironic about rock 'n' roll and democracy?
(a) They are both individual and a community.
(b) They demand work and play.
(c) Each asks people to be something better than they are.
(d) Neither works in a specific way.

3. Why does Marcus believe it is important to study the stories of some performers even if the book does not encompass everything?
(a) It is a glimpse of the future.
(b) The truth needs to be told.
(c) The story matters.
(d) It is fun.

4. Who said "I played rock and roll before I ever heard of Elvis Presley. I saw him in Memphis before he ever made a record"?
(a) Sam Phillips.
(b) Little Richard.
(c) Harmonica Frank.
(d) Bob Dylan.

5. In "Harmonica Frank -1951," what song does Marcus say "set the stage for rock 'n' roll"?
(a) "Mixed-Up Confusion."
(b) "Howling Tomcat."
(c) "Up on Cripple Creek."
(d) "Rockin' Chair Daddy."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said "If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye, and that eye is in the middle of her forehead, you don't keep her in the living room"?

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

3. The Prologue states that Marcus wants to discuss rock 'n' roll in what context?

4. Who interrupts the fight over the book in the Prologue?

5. According to the Prologue, why are Harmonica Frank and Robert Johnson included in Mystery Train?

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