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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. What type of art does Marcus think rock 'n' roll is?
(a) Democratic.
(b) Modern.
(c) Classic.
(d) Republican.

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

3. In the Prologue, Marcus says that the music he will discuss dramatizes what?
(a) The war.
(b) What it means to be American.
(c) Life in the projects.
(d) The racial tensions of the time.

4. What author does Marcus quote in the beginning of "Robert Johnson -1938" to illustrate the promise of American life?
(a) Norman Mailer.
(b) Herman Melville.
(c) Robert Johnson.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

5. How did Harmonica Frank get his name?
(a) He was a blues singer.
(b) His mouth looked like a harmonica.
(c) When he sang, he sounded like a harmonica.
(d) He played the harmonica out of one side of his mouth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song does Marcus claim to be "the most menacing piece of rock 'n' roll ever made"?

2. The song "We Can Talk About It Now" creates what kind of image?

3. Who wrote the book discussed in the Prologue?

4. In "The Band," what is Marcus' "sentimental favorite" American motto?

5. According to Marcus in "Robert Johnson -1938," what gives music "mythical authority"?

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