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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sly Stone call his band?
(a) Sly's Guys.
(b) The Band.
(c) The Stones.
(d) The Family.

2. 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) It is fun.
(c) The story matters.
(d) The truth needs to be told.

3. What group did Cleaver and Seale found?
(a) Black Panthers.
(b) Chil-Lites.
(c) Temptations.
(d) Pilgrims.

4. What was a nickname given to Randy Newman by Lenny Waronker?
(a) Sgt. Pepper.
(b) Howlin Wolf.
(c) King of the Suburban Blues Singers.
(d) King of Soul.

5. What does Leslie Fielder call the Beatles in "Randy Newman"?
(a) Pop stars.
(b) Democrats.
(c) Imaginary Americans.
(d) Ancestors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "We needed . . . to be violently stirred into life . . . intolerable social constraints grew daily upon us"?

2. What does Marcus say failure mean to Americans in "Robert Johnson -1938"?

3. What does Marcus think the performers discussed in the Prologue have in common?

4. Why did political activist, Eldridge Cleaver, not want to go to jail?

5. Who said "when I was a boy . . . I was the hero in comic books and movies. I grew up believing in a dream"?

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