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

2. According to Marcus in "Robert Johnson -1938," what is the only way to quiet Johnson's song "Stones in My Passway"?
(a) Turn it off.
(b) Turn it down.
(c) Walk away.
(d) Ear plugs.

3. Who wrote Why Are We in Vietnam?
(a) Erich Segal.
(b) Norman Mailer.
(c) Lyndon Johnson.
(d) Harmonica Frank.

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

5. What is the "old American idea" that the worried man is stuck in according to Marcus?
(a) A joint-stock world.
(b) An innocent world.
(c) The past as the present.
(d) Tradition before change.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote: "You run without moving from a terror in which you cannot believe"?

2. According to Marcus in "Harmonica Frank -1951," whose music caught the spirit and sound of Harmonica Frank and made it popular?

3. Who does Marcus compare Phillips to in the beginning of "Harmonica Frank - 1951"?

4. Who wrote the song entitled "Layla"?

5. How did Robert Johnson die?

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