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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Elvis - Presliad (Comprising sections Fanfare through The Rockabilly Moment).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Elvis' mother?
(a) Gladys Presley.
(b) Lydia Preston.
(c) Helen Preston.
(d) Lisa Presley.

2. The Riot album reveals what image that Sly had for himself?
(a) Cop out.
(b) Success.
(c) Failure.
(d) Artist.

3. Whom did Bob Dylan claim was "America's greatest poet"?
(a) Sly Stone.
(b) Bob Dylan.
(c) Randy Newman.
(d) Smokey Robinson.

4. In "Elvis," Marcus compares Elvis to what character envisioned by Ralph Waldo Emerson?
(a) The elusive King of Soul.
(b) The King of Rock 'n' Roll.
(c) The ubiquitous King.
(d) The transcendental Sun King.

5. What religious group does Marcus compare blues singers to in "Robert Johnson -1938"?
(a) Voodoo.
(b) Catholics.
(c) Satanists.
(d) Puritans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What single did Sly release that was the "most optimistic of all"?

2. What motto of Hank Williams' made him similar to Robert Johnson according to Marcus?

3. What song does Marcus claim is Robert Johnson's most terrifying song?

4. What did some bullies call Elvis before he was a star and had grown side burns?

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

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