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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. According to Marcus, what do popular artists do for people?
(a) Speak for them.
(b) Take away fear and pain.
(c) Isolate them from people who dislike their music.
(d) Create a community.

2. In "Robert Johnson - 1938," why do some of Robert Johnson's contemporaries say that Johnson sold his soul to the devil?
(a) He learned to play the blues quickly.
(b) He practiced voodoo.
(c) He bragged about it in his songs.
(d) He began speaking in tongues.

3. Who wrote: "You run without moving from a terror in which you cannot believe"?
(a) Robert Johnson.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) Greil Marcus.
(d) William Faulkner.

4. According to Marcus in "Harmonica Frank -1951," whose music caught the spirit and sound of Harmonica Frank and made it popular?
(a) Little Richard.
(b) Elvis Presley.
(c) Bob Dylan.
(d) Sam Phillips.

5. 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) Bob Dylan.
(d) Harmonica Frank.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Prologue states that Marcus wants to discuss rock 'n' roll in what context?

2. Who interrupts the fight over the book in the Prologue?

3. What type of art does Marcus think rock 'n' roll is?

4. According to Marcus in "Robert Johnson -1938," what is the only way to quiet Johnson's song "Stones in My Passway"?

5. In "The Band," Marcus tells that groups are images of what?

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