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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was the original name of the style that Elvis sang?
(a) Rhythm and Blues.
(b) Rock 'n' Roll.
(c) Rockabilly.
(d) Country.
2. What was on the cover of Riot?
(a) An American flag with flowers for stars.
(b) Sly wearing a zoot suit.
(c) Water.
(d) A gun.
3. Who wrote "We needed . . . to be violently stirred into life . . . intolerable social constraints grew daily upon us"?
(a) Sly Stone.
(b) Greil Marcus.
(c) Frank Kermode.
(d) Leslie Fiedler.
4. What controversial topics are addressed in Randy Newman's song "Sail Away"?
(a) Art and realism.
(b) Power and politics.
(c) Money and race.
(d) Slavery and the American dream.
5. In the introduction to "Elvis," Marcus claims that Elvis epitomizes what?
(a) The chaos of Harmonica Frank.
(b) The best of our culture.
(c) The anger of Robert Johnson.
(d) The worst of our culture.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was a nickname given to Randy Newman by Lenny Waronker?
2. Marcus tells that Melville once wrote that a man is only free if he says what?
3. According to the myth, who did Staggerlee shoot?
4. To which historical figure does Marcus compare Elvis?
5. Whom did Bob Dylan claim was "America's greatest poet"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the basic plot for the Myth of Staggerlee?
2. How does Marcus define pop culture optimism and pessimism in "Sly Stone"?
3. According to Marcus in "Randy Newman" what is a shared culture? Why is the shared culture important?
4. What type of risk does Randy Newman make in his music? What risk does he avoid?
5. According to Marcus in "Elvis," in what ways can Elvis be considered a myth?
6. According to Marcus in "Elvis," what was ironic about Elvis' natural, spontaneous appearance and sound in his music?
7. Why was "Short People" so controversial? What did this mean for Newman?
8. What does Marcus mean when he wrote: "Instead of breaking the bartender's glass Stack found himself aiming at the mirror behind the bar, and thus discovered that the target was himself" (78)?
9. According to Marcus in "Sly Stone," how does the music produced by Sly and the Family Stone resemble freedom?
10. According to Marcus in "Elvis," what racial issues exist with Elvis' music?
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