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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 "spirit" does Harmonica Frank have that Marcus believes is truly American?
(a) Cruel and truthful.
(b) Unrepentant and free.
(c) Tender and free.
(d) Crazy and chaotic.
2. 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) Little Richard.
(b) Sam Phillips.
(c) Harmonica Frank.
(d) Bob Dylan.
3. What is ironic about rock 'n' roll and democracy?
(a) They are both individual and a community.
(b) Neither works in a specific way.
(c) Each asks people to be something better than they are.
(d) They demand work and play.
4. Who wrote the song entitled "Layla"?
(a) Robert Johnson.
(b) Mick Jagger.
(c) Sly Stone.
(d) Eric Clapton.
5. In "Robert Johnson - 1938," why do some of Robert Johnson's contemporaries say that Johnson sold his soul to the devil?
(a) He began speaking in tongues.
(b) He learned to play the blues quickly.
(c) He practiced voodoo.
(d) He bragged about it in his songs.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Marcus think the performers discussed in the Prologue have in common?
2. The song "We Can Talk About It Now" creates what kind of image?
3. 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"?
4. According to Marcus in "Harmonica Frank -1951," what do both Ahab and Huck have in common?
5. In "The Band," Marcus tells that groups are images of what?
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